You better have an anchor in life. It doesn't matter if you're a Division I head football coach or Joe Schmo from Okemoh. Bad things happen. If you're not anchored, you're going to be washed away.
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.
I was hired to be the head football coach, not the general manager.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
I'm the seventh chancellor at Vanderbilt; Bobby Johnson is the 25th head football coach. That shows a lack of commitment to attract and retain.
I believe we have the best football coach in the country in Urban Meyer. I had the privilege of hiring him, as you know, and I think he is doing fabulous work.
Why can't a seven-foot guy play a doctor? Why can't I be a teacher? Why can't I be a football coach? Why can't I be a cab driver? Anything. Anything else than that. I can cry. I can do those things that they think the big guys can't do. So just give us a chance.
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.
For a football coach, there's nothing that matches the pain of a team not playing up to its capabilities.
As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.
