59 Quotes by Hayden Fry

I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it.

We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue.

We'll take what the other team gives us. We'll scratch where it itches.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar.

I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.

If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.

The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.

You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against.