If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don’t quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don’t quit until you reach it. Never quit.
A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won’t be happening.
If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It’s in my blood.
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.
A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
I’ll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.
Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
If a man is a quitter, I’d rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I’ll know later what I can expect.
The idea of molding men means a lot to me.
If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it’s my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they’ve got one heartbeat. Then you’ve got yourself a team.
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
I told them my system was based on the “ant plan,” that I’d gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in Africa during the war. A whole bunch of ants working toward a common goal.