10 – “Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.”  – Heywood Hale Brown 9 – “If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.” - Murray Warmath, Minnesota 8 – “I feel like I’m the best, but you’re not going to get me to say that.” - Jerry Rice 7 - “Winning isn’t everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.” - Paul “Bear” Bryant 6 – “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.” - Bill Shankly 5 – “Show me a good and gracious loser, and I’ll show you a failure.” - Knute Rockne, Notre Dame 4 – “We didn’t tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.” - John McKay, USC 3 – “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” – John Madden 2 – “The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.” – Lou Holtz, Arkansas 1 – “There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.” - Woody Hayes, Ohio State

Honorable Mentions:

•  “After you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.” - Bobby Bowden, Florida State
• “If you’re mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway.  It’s about the same.” – Bob Golic
• “Most football teams are temperamental. That’s 90% temper and 10% mental.” – Doug Plank
• “Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.” - Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State
• “I’ve found that prayers work best when you have big players.” - Knute Rockne, Notre Dame
• “Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football” - John Heisman

Have others you’d like to see added to this list? Send me a comment.

The Pig