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Quotes by Coach
"He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different."
"If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier."
"I was in a profession that received a lot of media."
"I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it."
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
"For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years."
"I really don't have a favorite course. I usually ask where there are the least players."
"I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries."
"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."
"I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years."
"I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat."
"One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach."
"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it."
"At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends."
"A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players."
"We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains."
"Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm."
"We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose."
"The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven."
"Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure."
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