To whet your pigskin appetite until the 2020 football season begins, here are famous quotes from some of the top football coaches:

'Fight 'em until Hell freezes over, and then fight ‘em on the ice.'

-- TCU’s Dutch Meyer

 

'Three things happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.'

-- Texas’ Darrell Royal

 

'Never been licked.'

-- Movie about Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets

 

'I didn't think anything of it at first. Then I thought to myself, 'My God, he's coming out here to hit me.' '

-- Rice’s Dick Maegle before Alabama’s Tommy Lewis came off the bench to tackle him in the 1954 Cotton Bowl.

 

'He could take his'n and beat yours'n, and then he could take yours'n and beat his'n.'

-- Former Oilers head coach Bum Phillips on Don Shula

 

'I've found that prayer works best when you have big players.'

-- Knute Rockne, Notre Dame

 

'They beat us like a tied-up goat.'

-- Texas Tech's Spike Dykes

 

'Always remember that Goliath was a 40-point favorite over David.'

-- Shug Jordan, Auburn

 

'We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking .'

-- John McKay, USC

 

'Football is not a contact sport, it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.'

-- Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State

 

'In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant.'

-- Wally Butts, Georgia

 

'Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, beat Texas.'

-- church sign in Arkansas before 1969 Shootout

 

'Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.'

-- Bobby Bowden, Florida State

 

'My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.'

-- Bowden Wyatt, Tennessee

 

‘Because I couldn’t go for three.’

-- Ohio State’s Woody Hayes on why he went for a two-point conversion late in a game against Michigan with the Buckeyes already up by several touchdowns.

 

'Gentlemen, it is better for you to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.'

-- John Heisman, Rice