Bob Stoops

“Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.”

“I remember embracing our championship tradition, telling our players that this is what we should expect to be; this is what Oklahoma is supposed to be. And we're going to do all we can to be that. And if we don't, there will be no excuses. You either do or you don't.”

“No one wants to hear that, but life changes. If it changes, you have to change with it, to whatever degree.”

“Sometimes you get in life something you don't like... you have to do something different.”

“I'm thankful that my career at Oklahoma was marked with consistent leadership in president David Boren and director of athletics Joe Castiglione.”

“The fact is I gave everything I had to Kansas State when I was there.”

“I've got great respect for all the teams in the SEC as well as the Big 12, the Big Ten, on and on.”

“At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That's it. We can't possibly know everything that happens.”

“I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.”

“Sometimes with these big long guys who are really athletic, you don't know when they're going to stop growing.”

“I thought one of the best things I ever did in my career was getting my first staff together at OU... That's exciting to me. The opportunity to put it together and help it grow.”

“I have a very strong faith.”

“I've just been around a lot of just quality coaches that I've learned from.”

“I appreciate the history and tradition of Notre Dame. I also appreciate the history and tradition of Oklahoma, and I have been part of building that tradition here.”

“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.”

“The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.”

“Everyone has to earn their money one way or the other.”

“Sam Bradford was one of the most humble and grounded players I've ever been around; he got it. But I even told him, what makes you think those fans in the stands are wearing No.14 for you? Who says it's not an old Josh Heupel jersey?”

“I know what really matters in my life.”

“Carl Pendleton's the absolute best. He's everything you want in a student-athlete.”