"In Alabama , an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant"

The quote that headlines this post is from Wally Butts of Georgia. It's taken from a list of college football quotes sent to me by email. I've not been able to find the source and, of course, my coworker does not cite one. If anyone knows where these were compiled I'll gladly give credit.



Enjoy.


_________________________________________________________


At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.



Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.

___________________________________________________________


"Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless beat Texas."


Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game.

_______________________________________________________________


"After you retire, there's only one big event left....and Iain't ready for that."



Bobby Bowden / Florida State

________________________________________________________________


"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the guy who dropped it."



Lou Holtz / Arkansas

_________________________________________________________________________



"When you win, nothing hurts."



Joe Namath / Alabama

_________________________________________________________________________



"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."



Lou Holtz / Arkansas

_________________________________________________________________________



"If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password: "Roll, tide, roll!"


Bear Bryant / Alabama

_______________________________________________________________________



"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall."



Frank Leahy / Notre Dame

___________________________________________________________________________



"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."



Woody Hayes / Ohio State

___________________________________________________________________________



"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 / Nebraska
__________________________________________________________________________



"In Alabama , an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in BearBryant."



Wally Butts / Georgia

____________________________________________________________________________



"You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life."



Paul Dietzel / LSU

__________________________________________________________________________



"It's kind of hard to rally around a math class."



Bear Bryant / Alabama

______________________________________________________________________


When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. "No, but you can see it from here."



Lou Holtz / Arkansas
_____________________________________________________________



"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 / Alabama
_______________________________________________________________________



"There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line."



Matty Bell / SMU

_______________________________________________________________________



"Lads,you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died."



Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
___________________________________________________________________________



"I never graduated from Iowa , but I was there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's."



Alex Karras / Iowa
____________________________________________________________________________



"My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a very bad humor."



Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
____________________________________________________________________________



"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades."



Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

____________________________________________________________________________



"Always remember ..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David."



Shug Jordan / Auburn

______________________________________________________________________________



"They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces."



Darrell Royal / Texas

____________________________________________________________________________



"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure."



Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

____________________________________________________________________________



"They whipped us like a tied up goat."



Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

________________________________________________________________________



"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

_________________________________________________________________________



"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel."



Bobby Bowden / Florida State

__________________________________________________________________



"Football is not a contact sport - it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."



Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

_____________________________________________________________



After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team: "All those who need showers, take them."



John McKay / USC

___________________________________________________________________________



"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education."


Murray Warmath / Minnesota

__________________________________________________________________________



"The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb."



Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

_______________________________________________________________________________



"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afernoon."



Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

_____________________________________________________________________________



"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it."



Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

_____________________________________________________________________________



"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches."



Darrell Royal / Texas

_________________________________________________________________________



"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."



John McKay / USC
________________________________________________________________


"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad."



Darrell Royal / University of Texas

________________________________________________________________________



"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players."


Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

_______________________________________________________________________



"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football."



John Heisman