My dad's a teacher and a football coach, and he found a job in New Jersey.
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.
If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.
When I was really little, I was on a Pop Warner squad. I did it for a year. My dad was a Pop Warner football coach. I did it because my best friend was also on this cheer squad, and of course I looked up to my sister who was a cheerleader, so I wanted to cheer.
I'm no longer the head football coach at Ohio State.
Stepping down after 18 years as the head football coach here at Oklahoma, and I feel like I've absolutely been the luckiest, most fortunate guy in the world.
I believe we have the best football coach in the country in Urban Meyer. I had the privilege of hiring him, as you know, and I think he is doing fabulous work.
A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.
There's nothing like having a football coach yelling at you at homecoming in front of a bunch of people. You do kind of get used to being inflappable in front of all that heated emotion. At times, that's very useful in business.
It disturbs me to see a football coach fired.
When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.
My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He's inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination - but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field.
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
My son is 6. I wouldn't let my six-year-old son near any football field. And if any coach asks my son to play football, I'll sue that coach, and I'll sue the school.
I want to be the same guy I am in the weight room that I am on the football field.
My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
You could talk about potential all day. Nobody really cares about it on the football field. You want to come out and win these games. That's the only thing that matters.
To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.
When you go out on a football field, you are responsible for taking care of yourself. The more rules you get, the less players truly take care of themselves.
Baltimore has proven themselves on the football field. We can't take that away.
