“To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened, ... Something has to happen that you can't coach.”
“I thought Joe was gonna tackle the dad-gum horse. I was gonna tell him, 'Go high on him, don't go low.' I remember Joe running out there and getting upset about that.”
“He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I ever got out of coaching, I would have to get a job somewhere, or I'm afraid I'd wilt on the vine, too.”
“Well, (Ann) brought a tree and bought Christmas packages for the whole world, and what she didn't buy, she charged. I'm the only one to lose money at a bowl.”
“I've always said it takes more courage to stand back there and throw a ball knowing you're fixing to get drilled than anything I can think of in football.”