Bret Bielema

“I am a big believer in life in this fact: Scars are a very beautiful thing.”

“We do a thing here at Arkansas that we teach Football IQ and call it 'Hogonese.' They are classes year-round where we get our guys better at the language and culture we want in our program.”

“I was single for so long, for 42 years.”

“I grew up watching my mom cook.”

“I have cooked for a recruit. The biggest recruit of my life: my wife.”

“You can't skip a step and assume you're going to get to where you want to be.”

“I'm a momma's boy at heart.”

“I'd never been on a plane until I went to the Peach Bowl my freshman year at Iowa.”

“If you want to recruit somebody of high character and value, somebody you can trust to not only watch your house, but your children, someone you can count on to share carries of 1,000 yards each rather than trying to get 1,800 for one, now you're going to build something that matters.”

“Obviously when you come into competition with other schools and you become aware of anything that concerns you, you have an obligation to say something.”

“My wife loves to watch 'Criminal Minds' and 'CSI' and all those shows.”

“If I got into TV, I'd want to be the best.”

“The Big Ten is brand strong.”

“I was on a farm basically from the age of 3 until I left for college - really thought that was all I was ever going to do.”

“Scars remind you of difficult places in your life that you've championed.”

“There's a simple thing we always say: if you always tell the truth, you will never have to remember what you said.”

“Any time you see something out there floating around that's not really reality, it's better to just cease it and stop it.”

“I've turned down players based on their Twitter handles. I've turned down players based on Twitter pictures.”

“The more you press, the more you try to make something more than it needs to be, you probably end up misfiring.”

“Consistency is a beautiful word.”