Topic: oldie but goodie football saying....

[sluggo]

sonny could have had his own list...
Subject: COACH QUOTES

     #1.  'After you retire, there's only one big event left.. and I ain't ready for that.'  Bobby Bowden /   Florida   State

 

     #2.  'The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.'  Lou Holtz /  Arkansas

 

     #3.  'There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.'  Woody Hayes /   Ohio   State

 

     #4.  'I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation.  I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation'  Bob Devaney / Nebraska

 

     #5.  'It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.'      Bear Bryant /   Alabama

 

     #6.  'I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.'         Bear Bryant /  Alabama

 

     #7.  'I never graduated from Iowa , but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.'    Alex Karras /   Iowa

 

     #8.  'My advice to defensive players:  Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.'   Bowden Wyatt /   Tennessee

 

     #9.  'I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.'   Duffy Daugherty /   Michigan   State

 

     #10.  'Always remember... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.'    Shug   Jordan  /   Auburn

 

     #11.  'I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me.  He said:  'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.'    Walt Garrison /   Oklahoma   State

 

     #12.  'Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.'    Bobby Bowden /   Florida   State

 

     #13.  'Football is not a contact sport - it is a collision sport.  Dancing is a contact sport.'     Duffy Daugherty /  Michigan   State

 

     #14.  After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team:  'All those who need showers, take them.'     John McKay / USC

 

     #15.  'If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.'      Murray Warmath /  Minnesota

 

     #16.  'The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb.  To be a back, you only have to be dumb.'    'Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

      #17.  'It isn't necessary to see a good tackle.  You can hear it.'  Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

      #18.  'We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.'     Wilson Matthews /   Little Rock   Central   High School

 

      #19.  'I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.'    Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

     #20.  'Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.'    John Heisman   AUBURN

[greenskeeper]

+1 great stuff to read coming into "that time of the year"

[biggreenarms]

I like #13. That made me chuckle. Also like #17. It made me think of McCloud, Crocker and Keys. You knew when one of those guys laid a hit on someone. They were devastating de-cleaters.  8)