"I could not fathom the thought of putting on a three-piece suit, stuffing a bunch of papers into a briefcase, going down to a courthouse and worrying about legalisms instead of justice..." - on his decision to drop out of the prestigious Harvard Law School.
"They don't always go hand-in-hand, but frequently the bright and smart person is a person of good character."
"People expect too much from rookies; and rookies don't expect enough of themselves."
"There are three parts to football: offense, defense and special teams. You'd no more ignore special teams than you would offense or defense."
"What you do speaks so loudly, no one can hear what you are saying."
"There are only three rules that matter: work hard, be on time and be a good citizen."
"I'd go to one luncheon on Wednesday and another on Thursday, and I had to play Southern Cal on Saturday. Two things I learned at Cal: never go to booster club dinners and always skip lunch."
"You're going to have problems. You deal with them. You seek to solve them, and move on. That's part of coaching."
"There's no such thing as momentum going into the playoffs."
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