Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Mike Leach - Page 2

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

I think the days before cell phones, when it was dirt clod wars at construction sites, was a lot more wholesome and productive, to be perfectly honest.

My fondest part of college was the interaction and everything I did with my fellow students.

At an unusually young age, I read 'Instant Replay' by Jerry Kramer, which talked a lot about the Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi. From there I was really more a fan of coaches than teams and players.

When things were really rolling at Texas Tech, I was a part of something bigger than myself, bigger than football.

The government shutdown, we all know that's a sham. I mean, are they really going to just go to the entire Army and Navy and say, 'You're fired.'

When I was at Tech, no public school was ahead of us in graduation rates. We got our guys to compete in the classroom, and if they're competing in class and in football, that's an attitude they take into life.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

My dad always watched wrestling and I seldom did.

I ought to have Mike's Pirate School. The freshmen, all they get is the bandanna. When you're a senior, you get the sword and skull and crossbones. For homework, we'll work pirate maneuvers and stuff like that.

I've directly contributed to losses, but likewise, I'd like to think I contributed to a lot of wins and a lot of good play.

Obama is trying to protect Obamacare, and then obviously even in his own party a bunch of people are against it.

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.

If you go to any elementary school classroom in Texas, some kids in there are going to be named either Austin, Dallas or Houston.

I figured I'd coach two or three years at the most and go back and be an attorney.

Even in Texas, there's a lot of people who've never been to Lubbock.

I think the legal profession is getting somewhat corrupted. When it comes to lawyers, I think it's kind of a Catch-22. On one hand, there's so much process, procedure and mess caused by the legal profession. But on the other hand, the only way to sort through all that process, procedure and mess is through the legal profession.

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

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.

There's a very public quality to coaching.

I want to go to a place that's undervalued, where the potential is great, a place that wants to win, not just participate, in football.

You know, I'll tell who's really embraced football is Austria. Austria's really embraced football.

When Washington State has been good, they've always had a connection to Southern California. You know, as far as visiting, that's different than recruiting. Recruiting is based on production and players, who you can get. You know, so, the nicest parts of Southern California aren't necessarily the best players.

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.

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.

As a head coach, you're on two lists. You're the guy that might get fired, or you're the guy who might go somewhere.

Outside of North America, best football? Is Samoa North America? Probably Samoa. I'd say Samoa. Germany's certainly up there.

Playing someone difficult is tough and can be discouraging, but if you beat them the payoff is huge!

I'm a thin-crust pizza guy. I respect people who like thick crust, but in my view it's mostly bread.

I've always thought that the - as far as regions of the country that people brag about, as far as top talent, the Inland Empire is awfully hard to beat.

You go out and do the best you can and hope it works. You just try to improve.

I suspect Bill Snyder may be a sorcerer... he's one of the coaches that I admire most!

Oh I've never liked candy corn, I think it's just awful - I think candy corn's awful.

ESPN wants to scrutinize everyone, but if they're scrutinized, they run and hide.

Everybody says marriage is 'til death do you part - and I've been married 29 years - but a book is really 'til death do you part. Once you write it, it's out there.

Before I ever got into coaching, I got my law degree at Pepperdine.

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.

You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen.

LSU would be a good place to stand during a lightning storm.

I'm a big fan of pirates in general.

Mississippi State has two pretty looking quarterbacks.