Tom Herman

“You need explosive plays to win.”

“I think most athletes want to be told when they make a mistake. They don't want to be coddled. They can deal with criticism, especially when it's valid.”

“The biggest expectations we'll always have for the University of Texas will be from within.”

“I'm an anti-standard operating procedure guy.”

“Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership.”

“I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.”

“If you win the turnover battle, you're gonna win more than you lose - and quite a bit more than you lose.”

“Pressure is self-inflicted.”

“When you play for the guy next to you, that's when you win championships.”

“We will graduate our players, and we will do it all with integrity and with class.”

“Bankers don't get to do this. For all the hours, the late nights, lack of sleep and hours of pulling your hair out from dealing with 18- and 19-year-old kids, it's a pretty cool job.”

“When the President of the United States comes out and says, 'If I had boys, I wouldn't let them play tackle football,' that's a big punch to the gut for our sport.”

“At the end of the day I like winning.”

“I don't take anything too seriously.”

“Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.”

“I was a highlight coordinator. My job was to go in and watch games, watch and type. Basically every time the camera frame changed, I had to log it as something: 'Emmitt Smith rushed for 4 yards... Close-up of Jimmy Johnson on the sidelines... 37-yard field goal.'”

“I think pressure is that uneasy feeling that you feel when you're unprepared.”

“I delete the Twitter app during the season.”

“Greg Davis, Ron Randleman, David Bailiff, Paul Rhoads, Urban Meyer. I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of them as influences.”

“I've failed hundreds of thousands of times.”