Mike Leach
Mike Leach

The people in southern Georgia are tough.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

Well, you're going to be dead in a hundred years anyway, so live dangerously.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

I feel like Texas high schools, when you consider the melting pot that exists in Texas, do a fairly impressive job. No education process is perfect, but I think that, with plenty of room to improve, they do an admirable job when you compare them to the rest of the field.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

Anytime you're trying to set a course, there's gonna be decisions made, and you have to weigh all options, and then in the end you come up with the best course.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

I would like to be coaching in the right situation if it's a team effort and doesn't have a bunch of mini-agendas. I want something where the school wants to win and values graduation and everybody wants to work together.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

Somebody said that in passing, you know, 'I hate cats.' You know, somebody really hates cats, and I've never figured that one out. And credit to cats - the ability to generate that much animosity, you know.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

I don't think people should be allowed to shoot guns unless they have a license.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

How can it be that we laugh about England's obsession with the royal family? At least the royal family has college degrees and military service.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

My life's pretty simple. Look at hours and hours of film to try to find some things that will work on Saturday. Try to have a good practice every day. Use the offseason to recruit and build the culture of the locker room. That's my deal.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

I don't feel like it's fair to the other players and I don't think it's the right way to do business to allow influence and position to dictate when you play a young man.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

It's a good idea to shave for TV games.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

You know, the loudest stadium I've ever played in was 45,000 people at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. The entire thing is concrete. It's like dropping a ball bearing in your neighbor's basement.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

There's a reason they only serve fruitcake once a year, because it's awful. There's a reason they only serve mint julep's once a year, because they're awful. And there's a reason they only serve candy corn once a year, because it's awful.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

If your quarterback wants a deflated football, your soccer-style kicker is going to want it kind of full. If your quarterback wants it really full, your straight-on kicker is going to want less air in it. It's a regulation football; let them use it however they want to. You use your own ball.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

There's nothing balanced about the 50 percent run, 50 percent pass because that's 50 percent stupid.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

When you have five skill positions, if all five of them are contributing to the offensive effort, then that's balanced.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey, they don't quit shooting the puck when they're ahead. And in boxing, you don't quit punching when you're ahead. But in football, somehow magically, you're supposed to quit playing when you're ahead.

Mike Leach
Mike Leach

Those that have a voice have to speak for those of us who are silenced.