Alabama Football Quotes

Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn.

I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.

When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.

The expectation level is high at the University of Alabama and it should be. What's wrong with people expecting excellence?

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

And believe me, to have been in the city of Tuscaloosa in October when you were young and full of Early Times and had a shining Alabama girl by your side--to have had all that and then to have seen those red shirts pour onto the field, and, then, coming behind them, with that inexorable big cat walk of his, the man himself, The Bear--that was very good indeed.

In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.

I don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

If you think there is such a thing as an unimportant game, just try losing one.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.

That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

A tie is like kissing your sister.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

When you win, nothing hurts.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.

At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!"

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is.

If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.

I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.

One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven.

Every time a player goes out there, at least 20 people have some amount of influence on him. His mother has more influence than anyone. I know because I played, and I loved my mama.

All I know is, I don't want to stop coaching, and I don't want to stop winning, so we're gonna break the record unless I die.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.

I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.

Be aware of "yes" men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.

I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you're in the wrong place. You boys are special. I don't want my players to be like other students. I want special people. You can learn a lot on the football field that isn't taught in the home, the church, or the classroom. There are going to be days when you think you've got no more to give and then you're going to give plenty more. You are going to have pride and class. You are going to be very special. You are going to win the national championship for Alabama.

I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.

I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.