59 Quotes by Hayden Fry

How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?

I'll be here in my home with three big screens. I'll be watching three games at a time, and when they're over, I'll look at three more.

Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away.

The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.

We changed our image. At least when we ran out on the field or broke the huddle, we would look like winners.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

We're going to foul up once in a while, but people need to know we don't do it on purpose. Playing the game with integrity-that's what it's all about.

When I came to Iowa, we had to change everything that was associated with a long-held losing mentality. We had to change the total environment-from the players' conduct downtown, from their record of class attendance, from their way of dealing with people. We had to work with the total individual athlete and reconstruct his values and image.

I didn't have any idea what happened to Ivory. I assumed he went back to California.