Mike Leach

“I think that when you die, you continue to progress. You continue to grow in kind of an elevated state, but I don't think you sit there and wallow around and play the harp.”

“I'm a big movie guy.”

“I think the most important thing is confidence. A lot of people think they're confident, but if you think about it, most people aren't.”

“I think the legal profession is getting somewhat corrupted. When it comes to lawyers, I think it's kind of a Catch-22. On one hand, there's so much process, procedure and mess caused by the legal profession. But on the other hand, the only way to sort through all that process, procedure and mess is through the legal profession.”

“If you get into a fight, don't take your helmet off. We're looking for smart football players, not dumb ones.”

“The government shutdown, we all know that's a sham. I mean, are they really going to just go to the entire Army and Navy and say, 'You're fired.'”

“I think they need to expand the playoff system. I think the minimum should be 16 teams, but they could easily go with more than that... in other words, I want to see more football. Everybody from rec league softball on down can figure out how to put together a tournament and yet Division I can't.”

“I want to go to a place that's undervalued, where the potential is great, a place that wants to win, not just participate, in football.”

“There's a very public quality to coaching.”

“I ought to have Mike's Pirate School. The freshmen, all they get is the bandanna. When you're a senior, you get the sword and skull and crossbones. For homework, we'll work pirate maneuvers and stuff like that.”

“I've directly contributed to losses, but likewise, I'd like to think I contributed to a lot of wins and a lot of good play.”

“I did go to the Alamo. Fascinating. A lot of details and nuances to the Alamo that are impressive.”

“I'm proud to say I had a bet with a guy from Chicago who said Chicago is windier and colder than Wyoming. Wyoming dominated them.”

“ESPN wants to scrutinize everyone, but if they're scrutinized, they run and hide.”

“I don't know everybody's view on due process, but I do have an opinion on what the Constitution says, what the Pledge of Allegiance implies, what sixth- and seventh-graders are taught in civics classes, and I think it is that you're going to have the opportunity to be heard.”

“You know, the loudest stadium I've ever played in was 45,000 people at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. The entire thing is concrete. It's like dropping a ball bearing in your neighbor's basement.”

“Well, you're going to be dead in a hundred years anyway, so live dangerously.”

“Everybody says marriage is 'til death do you part - and I've been married 29 years - but a book is really 'til death do you part. Once you write it, it's out there.”

“You know, I'll tell who's really embraced football is Austria. Austria's really embraced football.”

“In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey, they don't quit shooting the puck when they're ahead. And in boxing, you don't quit punching when you're ahead. But in football, somehow magically, you're supposed to quit playing when you're ahead.”