A biography for Tom Hermanhasn’t been written yet.
“I was at Texas State in 2005. I'd never coached quarterbacks and never called plays a day in my life. David Bailiff hired me and we go 11-3, and Barrick Nealy breaks all kinds of QB records. I grinded. I got my hands on every drill tape I could. I went to clinics. Every brain I could pick, I picked. And I wasn't too proud to ask the kids.”
“We like to think that we practice so hard that the games are easy.”
“We have to learn how to manage self-inflicted pressure.”
“Twitter gives you a forum to let loose a little bit and have fun.”
“How do you motivate a human being to do things against his own nature? There's two things: love and fear. And to me, love wins every time.”
“My wife and I made a pact a long time ago we really don't give gifts on holidays. We figure if it's coming from the same bank account, why not take each other out for the day shopping or whatever.”
“I've learned a lot about lockers.”
“We define our success internally.”
“Yards don't matter. The score is all that matters.”
“I do catch NFL games every now and again, and it doesn't remind me of anything that I watch when breaking down opponents or watching college games on TV. It's completely different.”
“I was a Division III kid whose dad wasn't a coach.”
“To me, Jon is not a fun name. Thomas is not a fun name.”
“We changed the University of Houston in 23 short months more than anybody thought was possible. Not just from a wins and losses standpoint but from an infrastructure standpoint as well.”
“If your players believe in what you're telling them, no matter how trivial the subject, no matter how important the subject, then it influences the way they behave, and that will influence results.”
“We will build men of character.”
“For me, nobody's re-inventing football. We just have to do it better than everybody else.”
“There are a lot of three and four-star guys undervalued because of intangibles.”
“Recruiting is all about relationships, it's not really about the facilities or the schools involved.”
“We all want to be praised, right?”
“We will win championships.”