Kerry Kinsey: Best college football quotes

As we head into the heart of the college football bowl season it’s time for some humor. How about some football quotes that I stashed away and totally forgot about. I’d like to share some them with you.

/#1. ‘Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal.
Nevertheless, Beat Texas ‘ /**/Seen on a church sign in Arkansas,
prior to the 1969 game./*

*/#2. ‘After you retire, there’s only one big event left… and I ain’t
ready for that.’ /**/Bobby Bowden / Florida State/*

*/#3. ‘The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely
to be the one who dropped it.’ /**/Lou Holtz / Arkansas/*

*/#4. ‘When you win, nothing hurts.’ /**/Joe Namath / Alabama/*

*/#5.’Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.’
/**/Lou Holtz / Arkansas/*

*/#6. ‘If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know
the password, ‘Roll, tide, roll!’ /**/Bear Bryant / Alabama/*

*/#7. ‘A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a
medieval study hall.’ /**/Frank Leahy / Notre Dame/*

*/#8. ‘There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell
kicked out of you.’ /**/Woody Hayes / Ohio State/*

*/#9. ‘I don’t expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation.
I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation.’ /**/Bob
Devaney / Nebraska/*

*/#10. ‘In Alabama , an atheist is someone who doesn’t believe in Bear
Bryant.’ /**/Wally Butts / Georgia/*

*/#11. ‘You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere
else in life.’ /**/Paul Dietzel / LSU/*

*/#12. ‘It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.’ /**/Bear
Bryant / Alabama/*

*/#13. When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. ‘No, but
you can see it from here.’ /**/Lou Holtz / Arkansas …../*

*/#14. ‘I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter,
I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.’ /**/Bear Bryant /
Alabama/*

*/#15. ‘There’s one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball
near the goal line.’ /**/Matty Bell / SMU/*

*/#16. ‘Lads, you’re not to miss practice unless your parents died or
you died.’ /**/Frank Leahy / Notre Dame/*

*/#17. ‘I never graduated from Iowa , but I was only there for two
terms – Truman’s and Eisenhower’s.’ /**/Alex Karras / Iowa/*

*/#18. ‘My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the
ball and arrive in a bad humor.’ /**/Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee/*

I told you they were good.