Mike Leach
All Scandinavians feel a tiny bit self conscious, of which I'm one.
I'm a big movie guy.
You're gaining more than you're losing in a small town.
There's some teams - the Cubs are one of them - where there's just too many fans.
The people in southern Georgia are tough.
Nothing has done more to bring people of different races and different backgrounds together than athletics, certainly more than politicians have done. It's why the Greeks invented the Olympics.
I've never had a dumb quarterback. I think if you're dumb, it's difficult to overcome.
Outstanding people in Iowa. Very down-to-earth people in Iowa. It was a great place to be.
I did go to the Alamo. Fascinating. A lot of details and nuances to the Alamo that are impressive.
I've actually seen guys who I considered relatively stupid college coaches, then go to the NFL, and sanctimoniously think they understand that something the rest of us couldn't perceive. They're an idiot before, they're an idiot now, and they'll be an idiot afterwords. It's mind-numbing.
I don't feel like it's fair to the other players and I don't think it's the right way to do business to allow influence and position to dictate when you play a young man.
I don't know everybody's view on due process, but I do have an opinion on what the Constitution says, what the Pledge of Allegiance implies, what sixth- and seventh-graders are taught in civics classes, and I think it is that you're going to have the opportunity to be heard.
I feel like Texas high schools, when you consider the melting pot that exists in Texas, do a fairly impressive job. No education process is perfect, but I think that, with plenty of room to improve, they do an admirable job when you compare them to the rest of the field.
I just go to work every day, spend hours in the film room, go to practice, go home and then do it all again the next day. I know I can be boring and I sound like a walking cliche but I really do just try to get our team ready to win a game on Saturday. That's pretty much my life.
I guess I need to get out more.
I have a limited knowledge of the Internet, which is pretty clear, I don't even turn anything on other than my phone, when it gets stuck, my kids turn it on.
Growing up my favorite coach was Billy Martin.
Whether it's a car or boat or motorcycle, it's a dangerous item, so you have to show a level of competence and get a license before you're allowed to operate something that's dangerous. Guns are dangerous but you don't have to get a license to operate guns.
I do have a Viking axe by the bed if I need to whack someone... My wife bought me a Viking axe - the axe side curls down so you can grab the adversary around the neck and you can use it to climb walls, as a grappling hook.
The interesting thing about football is that football is the only sport where you quit playing when you get a lead.
How can it be that we laugh about England's obsession with the royal family? At least the royal family has college degrees and military service.
Obama is trying to protect Obamacare, and then obviously even in his own party a bunch of people are against it.
I've always thought that the - as far as regions of the country that people brag about, as far as top talent, the Inland Empire is awfully hard to beat.
When Washington State has been good, they've always had a connection to Southern California. You know, as far as visiting, that's different than recruiting. Recruiting is based on production and players, who you can get. You know, so, the nicest parts of Southern California aren't necessarily the best players.
Playing someone difficult is tough and can be discouraging, but if you beat them the payoff is huge!
You go out and do the best you can and hope it works. You just try to improve.
I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.
I'd like to think I am a good coach but I've called bad plays. I've coached bad practices. I've made bad substitution choices.
I've directly contributed to losses, but likewise, I'd like to think I contributed to a lot of wins and a lot of good play.
My fondest part of college was the interaction and everything I did with my fellow students.
Even in Texas, there's a lot of people who've never been to Lubbock.
Everybody says marriage is 'til death do you part - and I've been married 29 years - but a book is really 'til death do you part. Once you write it, it's out there.
When things were really rolling at Texas Tech, I was a part of something bigger than myself, bigger than football.
I figured I'd coach two or three years at the most and go back and be an attorney.
ESPN wants to scrutinize everyone, but if they're scrutinized, they run and hide.
I want to go to a place that's undervalued, where the potential is great, a place that wants to win, not just participate, in football.
Washington State is great. I'm completely happy at Washington State.
If you go to any elementary school classroom in Texas, some kids in there are going to be named either Austin, Dallas or Houston.
Outside of North America, best football? Is Samoa North America? Probably Samoa. I'd say Samoa. Germany's certainly up there.
You know, I'll tell who's really embraced football is Austria. Austria's really embraced football.
I think the days before cell phones, when it was dirt clod wars at construction sites, was a lot more wholesome and productive, to be perfectly honest.
Oh I've never liked candy corn, I think it's just awful - I think candy corn's awful.
My dad always watched wrestling and I seldom did.
You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge.
Before I ever got into coaching, I got my law degree at Pepperdine.
In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey, they don't quit shooting the puck when they're ahead. And in boxing, you don't quit punching when you're ahead. But in football, somehow magically, you're supposed to quit playing when you're ahead.
As a head coach, you're on two lists. You're the guy that might get fired, or you're the guy who might go somewhere.
You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen.Collection: Coaching
LSU would be a good place to stand during a lightning storm.Collection: Lsu