270 Quotes by Bob Stoops

We're going to keep getting better as we go. I believe there's great potential as we go. Are we there yet? Obviously not. But we're going to keep trying.

Sometimes it concerns you that when you have won for a period time, the players start thinking you have a right to win. You have to earn it every play, and I say that every week. We didn't go out there and do it last week, and TCU played harder and tougher than we did.

We feel that Rhett deserves an opportunity to have the opportunities that Paul had and see what he can do with, ... That's the direction we're going to go and work from there.

I don't want to say [the teams] are mirror images of each other, ... but there's a lot of similarities on both sides of the ball.

Sometimes it concerns you that when you have won for a period of time, the players start thinking you have a right to win. You have to earn it every play, and I say that every week. We didn't go out there and do it last week, and TCU played harder and tougher than we did.

It just shows you have come prepared to play and ready to execute. It doesn't give you that much comfort when it's early and you still have another two and a half to three quarters to go. You better keep playing. But it is a positive, it gives you energy and it gives you a little boost like that.

Rufus Alexander made probably the biggest play of the game down at the goal line, and he got the ball back for us.

Dear Lord, I pray that my place will never be with the cold, timid souls who do not compete yet criticize, for they never know or feel success or failure.

Our expectations are always high. I don't know why anybody could ever argue why they wouldn't be. Once our expectations are set, this is what we're after, and then it gets down to each game.