Jimmy Johnson

“I know as a coach and a player we had three a day practices and that was physically taxing but at least we had food in our stomach and a good nights rest and plenty of cold water.”

“I could start a fire from scratch.”

“In fact, one of the conversations I had with Jason Garrett, you know, sometimes X's and O's get so complicated, and a coach gets so into that that he forgets the most important thing is players win ballgames. Make sure that the players are properly equipped and motivated to do their jobs.”

“There is a way to practice hard and be physical without pads. You can still be a physical football team and be efficient in practice without pads. The 49ers practiced like that for a long period of time in the 1980s under Bill Walsh and were extremely successful when all the other teams were practicing in pads.”

“You've got to make sure that every body's putting in the work and you've got to have the discipline to go out there and get the job done.”

“Just following 'Survivor' over the years, sometimes if an individual is not a threat and he doesn't rub anybody the wrong way and he can get into an alliance, he can hang out there for a while.”

“I'm not a bad man.”

“But I was always a bit of a gypsy, anyway. I spent five years at Oklahoma State, five years at Miami and moved on after winning the national championship, and five years with the Cowboys. So, I was ready to move on. We won back-to-back Super Bowls, and I felt that I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish.”

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”

“Football is such a team sport, so no one individual does it. No one coach or no one assistant coach or no one player, it's a great team sport, so I don't get carried away with a bunch of accolades.”

“I don't miss a minute of 'Survivor.'”

“I've seen every second of 'Survivor' since it started.”

“I don't want to lose the feeling I have for players, but the pro system almost causes you to be cold and insensitive, when you have to release players yearly.”

“Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.”

“Elliott's bigger, stronger, maybe even a step faster than Emmitt Smith, but they're both very similar. I think, you know, Ezekiel Elliott is a more powerful runner. He runs over people. Both of 'em can make people miss, so you don't really get a big shot on 'em. But Elliott will take on tacklers, whereas, you know, Emmitt never did this.”

“You can't be a sloppy football team and be successful in the NFL.”

“How 'bout them Cowboys!?”

“Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble.”

“I've heard all the coaches complaining about the new CBA rules limiting padded practice. I don't like the reduction to just 15 padded practices during the season. When I coached, we always practiced in pads; and three days a week.”

“I'm really impressed with Kolb there in Philadelphia. He's a very talented quarterback.”