Some quips and quote from “The Wisdom of Southern Football”:

• “When you make a mistake, admit it;learn from it and don’t repeat it.” — Bear Bryant

• “Nobody wants to follow somebody who doesn’t know where he’s going.” — Joe Namath

• “Winning isn’t getting ahead of others.  It’s getting ahead of yourself.” — Roger Staubach

• “What does it take to be the best?  Everything.  And everything is up to you.” — Emmitt Smith

• “Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced.” — Fran Tarkenton

• “Winning is not final.” — Don Shula

• “There are no office hours for champions.” — Paul Dietzel

• “An angry football team is better than a confident one.” — Pepper Rodgers

• “Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.” — General Robert Neyland’s Favorite Quotation from the Sanskrit

• “Coach a boy as if he were your own son.” — Eddie Robinson

• “I love the thrill of getting off a pass just before getting smashed.” — George Blanda

• “Alabama fans love [Bear] Bryant and tolerate the rest of us.” — Gene Stallings

• “You never know what a football player is made of until he plays Alabama.” — General Robert Neyland

• “You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.” — Bear Bryant

• “One guy can’t do it by himself and it’s a matter of recognizing this and giving others their share of the credit.” — Archie Manning

• “The first thing any coaching staff must do is weed out selfishness.  No program can be successful with players who put themselves ahead of the team.” — Johnny Majors

• “There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches’ wives.” — Bear Bryant

• “The game is the star of the show.  My only job is to help the audience enjoy it.” — Keith Jackson

• “When all is said and done, more is said than done.” — Lou Holtz

• “I never get tired of running.  The ball ain’t that heavy.” — Herschel Walker

• In 1903, John Heisman observed that, “Successful coaches are few and far between, and it is small wonder they command salaries practically without limit.”