31 Quotes by Abe Lemons

I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?

We did have three go to the YMCA.

You mean in the state?

Coaches are creatures of habit. I knew a coach who got a deal going where his players had to run a mile in six minutes. I asked why. He said, 'gut check'.

I never substitute just to substitute. I play my regulars. The only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.

I’d rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you’re nobody.

I don’t understand these new coaches who don’t drink. What do they do when they get beat?

I don’t have any tricky plays. I’d rather have tricky players.