I don't think guys in TV should stay when it's time to leave.

I always stand on the visiting team's sidelines because there aren't as many people.

When I rest, I can talk. When I don't rest, I can't talk.

I'm going to pick the team I believe will win, regardless of where we are.

I'm like an old vaudeville act. They'll have to pull me off the stage with a hook.

You can't buy the loyalty that ESPN has showed to me.

I was almost as famous at Indiana for my television shows as I was my coaching. That's kind of embarrassing when you think about it.

Television was almost a natural for me.

I represent college football and have been doing it for 26 years. It's a great thrill.

And I love the Oregon Duck. He's my favorite mascot.

I recruit defensive players first. That's where most games are won. Then you've got to get the offensive linemen.

You don't beat football teams. You outrecruit them.

If you lose you better at least be entertaining while you do it or people will turn you off.

I found out people want excitement. Fans don't want to see a lot of running. Even if a team wins it's boring. The total concept of the game must be entertainment.

But even the people who don't like my opinions must admit that I always have a reason behind what I say.

I look at films every day. I study. I coach.

You got to have a gimmick in this got-to-have-a-gimmick world.

Some athletes aren't small, they're just short.

The one thing that saved me is that in 17 years of coaching I never had an NCAA investigator talk to one of my players. I lost games, but I lost the right way.

Basically I'm an entertainer and I use football as my vehicle.

Humor is not a sign of weakness. In fact, humor can be your greatest asset in the face of tragedy.

People are doing too much e-mail. The basic thing is eyeball-to-eyeball. Business relationships are made to be personal. The more people get away from it, the more they are going to lose that personal relationship. That's what I learned - to develop personal relationships with people.

People say, 'Burt Reynolds is so good-looking.'... I used to set him up for bait. I'd send him to the student union, and he'd come back with a beautiful girl and an ugly one. But his ugly girls were better than anything I'd get on my own. With his looks and my car, we'd kill 'em in Tallahassee.

Bill Murray made the headlines by throwing me down and stomped me on the set with Clemson.