You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.

It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back.

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.

Get the winners into the game.

The idea of molding men means a lot to me.

If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.

People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.

The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be.

If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.