#1. ' Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas ' Seen on a church sign in Arkansas , prior to the 1969 game.
#2. ' After you retire, there ' s only one big event left... and I ain ' t ready for that. ' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#3. ' The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it. ' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#4. ' When you win, nothing hurts. ' Joe Namath / Alabama
#5.'Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated. ' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#6. ' If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, ' Roll, tide, roll! ' Bear Bryant / Alabama
#7. ' A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. ' Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
#8. ' There ' s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you. ' Woody Hayes / Ohio State
#9. ' 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
#10. ' In Alabama , an atheist is someone who doesn ' t believe in Bear Bryant. ' Wally Butts / Georgia
#11. ' You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life. ' Paul Dietzel / LSU
#12. ' It ' s kind of hard to rally around a math class. ' Bear Bryant / Alabama
#13. When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. ' No, but you can see it from here. ' Lou Holtz / Arkansas .....
#14. ' 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
#15. ' There ' s one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line. ' Matty Bell / SMU
#16. ' Lads, you ' re not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died. ' Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
#17. ' I never graduated from Iowa , but I was only there for two terms - Truman ' s and Eisenhower ' s. ' Alex Karras / Iowa
#18. ' My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor. ' Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
#19. ' I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades. ' Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#20. ' Always remember... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David. ' Shug Jordan / Auburn
#21. ' They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that ' s real small pieces. ' Darrell Royal / Texas
#22. ' Show me a good and gracious loser, and I ' ll show you a failure. ' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#23. ' They whipped us like a tied up goat..' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#24. ' I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn ' t recruit me and he said: ' Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren ' t any good. ' Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
#25. ' Son, you ' ve got a good engine, but your hands aren ' t on the steering wheel. ' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#26. ' Football is not a contact sport - it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport. ' Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#27. After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team: 'All those who need showers, take them.' John McKay / USC
#28. ' If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education. ' Murray Warmath / Minnesota
#29. ' 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
#30. ' Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon. ' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#31. ' It isn ' t necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it. ' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#32. ' We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches. ' Darrell Royal / Texas
#33. ' We didn ' t tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking. ' Wilson Matthews / Little Rock Central High School
#34. ' Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad. Darrell Royal / University of Texas
#35. ' I ' ve found that prayers work best when you have big players. ' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#36. ' Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football. ' John Heisman
#2. ' After you retire, there ' s only one big event left... and I ain ' t ready for that. ' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#3. ' The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it. ' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#4. ' When you win, nothing hurts. ' Joe Namath / Alabama
#5.'Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated. ' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#6. ' If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, ' Roll, tide, roll! ' Bear Bryant / Alabama
#7. ' A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. ' Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
#8. ' There ' s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you. ' Woody Hayes / Ohio State
#9. ' 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
#10. ' In Alabama , an atheist is someone who doesn ' t believe in Bear Bryant. ' Wally Butts / Georgia
#11. ' You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life. ' Paul Dietzel / LSU
#12. ' It ' s kind of hard to rally around a math class. ' Bear Bryant / Alabama
#13. When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. ' No, but you can see it from here. ' Lou Holtz / Arkansas .....
#14. ' 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
#15. ' There ' s one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line. ' Matty Bell / SMU
#16. ' Lads, you ' re not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died. ' Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
#17. ' I never graduated from Iowa , but I was only there for two terms - Truman ' s and Eisenhower ' s. ' Alex Karras / Iowa
#18. ' My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor. ' Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
#19. ' I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades. ' Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#20. ' Always remember... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David. ' Shug Jordan / Auburn
#21. ' They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that ' s real small pieces. ' Darrell Royal / Texas
#22. ' Show me a good and gracious loser, and I ' ll show you a failure. ' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#23. ' They whipped us like a tied up goat..' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#24. ' I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn ' t recruit me and he said: ' Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren ' t any good. ' Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
#25. ' Son, you ' ve got a good engine, but your hands aren ' t on the steering wheel. ' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#26. ' Football is not a contact sport - it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport. ' Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#27. After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team: 'All those who need showers, take them.' John McKay / USC
#28. ' If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education. ' Murray Warmath / Minnesota
#29. ' 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
#30. ' Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon. ' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#31. ' It isn ' t necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it. ' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#32. ' We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches. ' Darrell Royal / Texas
#33. ' We didn ' t tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking. ' Wilson Matthews / Little Rock Central High School
#34. ' Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad. Darrell Royal / University of Texas
#35. ' I ' ve found that prayers work best when you have big players. ' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#36. ' Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football. ' John Heisman
