A biography for Mack Brownhasn’t been written yet.
“You need to compete.”
“Seeing a player return to campus 20 years later with his family and he tells you, 'I'd never be where I am today without this university and this team.' That's everything. That's why you coach.”
“The top-tier teams, it's about winning. It's about filling the stands and making enough money to pay for the other sports.”
“By listening to others, you better understand their needs and you can then better communicate with them.”
“I think that the NFL Players Association has to put more restrictions on the agents like the NCAA has put restrictions on us.”
“I'm not going to offer and take a guy at North Carolina that I don't meet. And if I don't like him, I'm not taking him.”
“I love going into a home and talking to a family that knows nothing about recruiting - about the whole process. I love selling who we are and what we are, and that's something I really missed when I was on TV.”
“If you're girlfriend or your wife ever asks you to go on 'Jerry Springer,' don't go. It's not good.”
“It was really hard to get into graduate school at Texas. We had trouble getting grad assistants.”
“I couldn't get out of my mind how miserable I'd been at the end of 10-win seasons. I'd gone from passion to obsession the last few years at Texas.”
“I was making $38,500 and Oklahoma offered me $125,000 to be the offensive coordinator and I thought, 'Hmm, I probably should look at this.'”
“When you're in a ballgame where you're getting beat, there is some frustration.”
“I've been so impressed with Commissioner Goodell.”
“I got labeled as the guy who didn't coach and sat around and talked. I know what I do, so I don't worry about it.”
“I'd like to be a great example for other coaches. That's all I want to be.”
“We want to expect to win every ballgame.”
“The media is very important, very powerful in athletics today, and we as coaches must try to learn more about what is a delicate job.”
“I don't dance.”
“I love being around the recruits. I like seeing them in the office. I like having the 1-on-1 conversations with them.”
“I don't need any more recognition. I don't need any more money. I don't need any legacy.”