Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

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

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

When you have left your life, you will be judged not for your possessions but for your contributions.

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.

Go down to the corner store and beat the Jap up, clean all the crap up.

If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans.

She leaned toward me, offering her neck, and I kissed her just behind her ear.

It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but the important thing is to turn a mistake into a learning experience.