Quotes from past gridiron legends
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:03 pmSMU made the list at #6.
#1. The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#2. 'When you win, nothing hurts.' Joe Namath / Alabama
#3. 'Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#4. 'There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.' Woody Hayes / Ohio State
#5. 'You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life.' Paul Dietzel / LSU
#6. 'There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line.' Matty Bell / SMU
#7. 'They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.' Darrell Royal / Texas
#8. 'They whipped us like a tied up goat.' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#9. 'I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.' Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
#10. 'Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon.' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#11. 'I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#12. 'Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.' John Heisman AUBURN
#1. The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#2. 'When you win, nothing hurts.' Joe Namath / Alabama
#3. 'Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#4. 'There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.' Woody Hayes / Ohio State
#5. 'You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life.' Paul Dietzel / LSU
#6. 'There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line.' Matty Bell / SMU
#7. 'They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.' Darrell Royal / Texas
#8. 'They whipped us like a tied up goat.' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#9. 'I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.' Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
#10. 'Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon.' Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
#11. 'I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#12. 'Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.' John Heisman AUBURN