The first Republican I knew was my father and he is still the Republican I most admire. He joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did. My father has never forgotten that day, and neither have I. — Condoleezza Rice
Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn. — Pat Dye
It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back. — Bear Bryant
Football, beer, and above all gambling, filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state! — Bear Bryant
People are bringing shotguns to UFO sightings in Fife, Alabama. I asked a guy, "Why do you bring a gun to a UFO sighting?" Guy said, "Way-ul, we didn' wanna be ab-duc-ted." If I lived in Fife, Alabama, I would be on my hands and knees every night praying for abduction. — Bill Hicks
Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education. — Bob Riley
Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans! — Robert E. Lee
At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black. — George Clooney
So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me by taking me out of literalism and increasingly into a more secular, scientific view of the world. — E. O. Wilson
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!" — Bear Bryant
College Football Quotes
I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him. — Woody Hayes
The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb. — Knute Rockne
Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time, and looking to jump into the business world at a young age was pretty daunting for me. — Lewis Howes
That's the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry.
If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas. — Ricky Williams
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
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
Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then I was young, eight or nine years, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player. — Robert Griffin III
Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there. — Victor Cruz
It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me. — Doug Flutie
College football is LSU's Tiger Stadium at night. — Rick Reilly
More Alabama Football Quotes
Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn. — Pat Dye
It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back. — Bear Bryant
Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state! — Bear Bryant
Whenever I see those crmison jerseys and crimson helmets, I feel humbled to have played football for Alabama. Other players in the NFL talk to me about their schools and their traditions. I just smile knowing the immense love Alabama fans have for our school and its football program. I'm proud to be a part of that Crimson Tide heritage. — Derrick Thomas
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!" — Bear Bryant
The expectation level is high at the University of Alabama and it should be. What's wrong with people expecting excellence? — Gene Stallings
The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it. — Bear Bryant
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. — Bear Bryant
If you think there is such a thing as an unimportant game, just try losing one. — Gene Stallings
Don't talk too much or too soon. — Bear Bryant
I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC. — Joe Scarborough
No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts. — Bear Bryant
Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is. — Bear Bryant
The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards. — Bear Bryant
At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships. — Bear Bryant
I ain't never been nothin but a winner. — Bear Bryant
A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time. — Bear Bryant
In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it. — Bear Bryant
That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you. — Bear Bryant
All I know is, I don't want to stop coaching, and I don't want to stop winning, so we're gonna break the record unless I die. — Bear Bryant
I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running. — Bear Bryant
If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program. — Bear Bryant
I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it. — Bear Bryant
Be aware of "yes" men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win. — Bear Bryant
Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave. — Bear Bryant
I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments. — Bear Bryant
Every time a player goes out there, at least 20 people have some amount of influence on him. His mother has more influence than anyone. I know because I played, and I loved my mama. — Bear Bryant
An Atheist in Alabama is one that doesn't believe in Bear Bryant. — Wally Butts
One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven. — Bear Bryant
When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none. — Bear Bryant
I don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday. — Bear Bryant
There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives. — Bear Bryant
I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad. — Bear Bryant
I'm sorry, Alabama fans. I'm from New York and didn't watch football growing up. — Dominique Easley
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