If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you're in the wrong place. You boys are special. I don't want my players to be like other students. I want special people. You can learn a lot on the football field that isn't taught in the home, the church, or the classroom. There are going to be days when you think you've got no more to give and then you're going to give plenty more. You are going to have pride and class. You are going to be very special. You are going to win the national championship for Alabama.
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!"
People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.
Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!
There's no substitute for guts.
Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.
Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a plan for everything.
Football changes and so do people.
Here's a twenty, bury two.
I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
I hope to get out before they start football next year.
