Football head coach Quotes

Hungry is a word that I've been analyzing here of late.

It's not hunger that drives me, it's not hunger that needs to drive our football team. Hunger and thirst are things that can be quenched. We have to be a driven group, we have to seek greatness.

True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise - the other, loyalty.

But do let me reiterate the spirit of Michigan.

It is based upon a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways; an enthusiasm that makes it second nature for Michigan men to spread the gospel of their university to the world's distant outposts; a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours.

There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty.

That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.

People aren't very good listeners, by nature.

Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.

Seafood makes you live 10 years more.

You continue to dream the wild dreams that you dream when you were young.

The good teams, the dominant teams, aren't necessarily dominant in stadiums, but they are dominant largely in moments, when they do what's required to get out of stadiums with victories.

I did see the Soul Train picture. That was interesting. I've heard all the jokes. I had it coming.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward.

But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

Michigan State is always welcome at Ann Arbor.

Your teams in all the various branches of athletics are more frequent visitors here than those of any other institution. This is as it should be, for not two universities are closer together in every way than Michigan State and Michigan.

The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become.

I'm not concerned about avoiding anything that happened three years ago or worried about letdowns or things of that nature. When you use the term 'letdown' you proceed with the assumption that this is a continuation of something that happened in the past.

Massage is the study of anatomy in braille.

Everybody with a helmet on is in the mix.

We don't "have" a great day, we "make it" a great day!

Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.

You are either green and growing, or ripe and rotting.

I don't even think you know how great you really are. I believe in you.

Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one.

Trade him for a six pack; it doesn't even have to be cold.

Football games aren't won, they're lost.

It's better to be cautious and play it safe than regret pushing him too hard.

We're supposed to get another read on it soon.

Tradition is something you can't bottle.

You can't buy it at the corner store.But it is there to sustain you when you need it most.I've called upon it time and time again.And so have countless other Michigan athletes and coaches.There is nothing like it.I hope it never dies.

Chips on shoulder, all that, everybody plays the game for different reasons.

You've got to prove yourself every time you go out there. That's the reality.

When someone deeply listens to you, your barefeet are on the earth, and a beloved land that seemed distant, is now at home within you.

We might have the worst bunch of guys together we've ever seen as a football team. I don't know what anybody else has, but I'd trade mine with anybody, sight unseen.

Guts win more games than ability.

Football became my obvious metaphor as it does for many, and I began to equate this as being 'halftime' in my life. As I reflected on my professional life I realized how much time I had spent trying to make first downs and score touchdowns. My focus had now changed into trying to be more about people and serving others.

No athletic director holds office longer than two losing football coaches.

Never let hope elude you. That is life's biggest fumble.

Seafood on the grill can be intimidating if you don't know what you are doing.

It's really quite easy

All quitters are good losers.

We don't live in our fears. We live in our hopes.

Loving and appreciating each individual, including ourselves, as the showing forth of the One Creative Principle, takes a great deal of humility and this includes sharing.

Either love your players or get out of coaching.

Believe in the hard work. Believe in the preparation. It's not a matter of if it'll work; it's a matter of when.

What I do for myself stays within me, what I do for others lasts a lifetime.

Team guts always beat individual greatness.

Make the big time where you are!

Be a tough-minded optimist.

At one time, you think you're invincible.

This just can't happen to you but, when it happens, the reality sets in that you either change or you die. You realize you've got only one life.

It's still about making a good decision.

We all want to have the Reggie Bush's of the world on our football team, but it's not reality.

The Standard ... is the standard.

Excuses are tools of the incompetent

I tend to attack the challenges that are right in front of me, the ones that I have today.

When you believe in yourself and the people you surround yourself with, you will win something really big someday.

It's not about what you're capable of, It's about what you're willing to do.