It has really filled a big space, especially since I have been so-called retired - although I haven't noticed my schedule slacking at all.

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.

The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish

Dance with the one who brung ya.

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.

Potential just means you ain't done it yet.

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

If one more person tells me how big this country is, I’m going to go kick a koala.

Be grateful enough to always thank God for all His blessings thus far before asking Him for more.

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.

ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

I just hope that you miss me a little when I'm gone.

For the person who loves God, worship is the daily bread of patience.

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.

When you are hunger for God, He will fill you.

Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.

You are not a saint because you keep the rules and are blameless; you are a saint if you live in the real world, going out and loving the real people God has put into your life.