Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Tressel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Jim Tressel.

Last updated on April 20, 2025.

James Patrick Tressel is an American college football coach and university administrator who is currently the president of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. Before becoming an administrator, Tressel was the head football coach of the Youngstown State Penguins and later the Ohio State Buckeyes in a career that spanned from 1986 until 2010. Tressel's teams earned several national championships during the course of his career, earning him numerous accolades.

American - Coach | Born: December 5, 1952

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There's two things that you don't listen to: flattery, which can't help you, and abuse, which can't hurt you. You have to look at the facts.

Jim Tressel

The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.

Jim Tressel

I believe that when we write things down, we being the process of activating the fundamentals in our lives.

Jim Tressel

Your goals are constantly revised according to circumstance, but your purpose, your real reason for being, that supercedes everything.

Jim Tressel

I told (my wife) that there's a three-month aftermath that you better be able to handle, because it's real. I think the worst thing we could do is push it away and say, 'Hey, it's not happening. We don't have time for this,' because we worked so hard to get to that point. ... But the reality is (our opponents the next year) are going to come after us.

Jim Tressel

Success is the inner satisfaction and peace of mind that come from knowing I did the best I was capable of doing for the group.

Jim Tressel

Play with heart; Play with passion; Play within yourself; Have fun; Play like a champion.

Jim Tressel

Everything that happens-good and bad-should motivate you to be persistent.

Jim Tressel