"The preparation I had in college was the most valuable."

"We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue."

"You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against."

"I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it."

"How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?"

"The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team."

"Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away."

"We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else."

"You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking."

"We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar."

"I'll be here in my home with three big screens. I'll be watching three games at a time, and when they're over, I'll look at three more."