The USFL appealed to me, because it was different.

There is no question that Notre Dame has the best, biggest and finest name in college football.

You don't beat football teams like Nebraska with a trick play. They're too well-coached, too well-disciplined.

In life, passion is the secret to success.

Remember one thing about ESPN: People can be critical of them sometimes for being a large corporation but nine years ago I had a stroke and I couldn't talk. That's the way I made my living. ESPN could've dumped me very easy, but they didn't. They helped me and presented me an opportunity to get back on the air.

Since Mark Richt took his offense from Florida State to Georgia, Florida State has been floundering. They have no identity. They have a bunch of plays, but they have no system and no philosophy.

Randy Moss was a fad. People were looking for some way to vote against Peyton Manning.

This job is like stealing. I travel first class in a nice plane. I have a driver waiting for me. I go in a room and have room service. I have a meeting. Then I go to the best game of the weekend and talk football - and they pay me.

To be a contender in the Big Ten a squad must have a solid player at every position.

The Florida Gator head is long and funny looking. It scrapes my nose. Every time I put that thing on I get scraped and blood comes down my face.

1958 was my first year as a defensive backfield coach at Florida State. I remember one thing about that game: It was so cold. It was freezing.

Drew Henson could go down as the greatest quarterback in the history of Michigan football.

I have a soft spot for Iowa.

Business is nothing more than relationships. It's the secret.

Fisher DeBerry always puts together a great team.

The bigger, stronger, faster and meaner my players are, the better I coach.

I wouldn't coach football now for nothing, and it's because of social media. That just bothers the heck out of me. People blast ya and you don't put their name down.

I have nothing against the Razorbacks. In fact, they are one of my favorite teams because they play so hard for Houston Nutt.

Everybody asks me, 'Lee when did you know it was time to retire?' I said, 'when they quit asking me to coach.' After the Orlando Renegades, not many people were busting down my doors to coach, so why not do something else.

It takes at least three years of quality and successful season play before a team can garner preseason respect.

Coaching's not a job, it's a privilege.

Words don't go from the brain to the lips in time. That's what a stroke does to you... and that hurts me.

Tough times were when I didn't have a job and nobody called me.

You better not kick a field goal if you have a lousy defense.