Steve Spurrier Quotes

Will be the 14th time I've coached in Neyland Stadium. ... I've coached there more than some of their head coaches.

He was the unloving father that I never had, but I still craved his acceptance.

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

You can't spell Citrus without UT

In my experience I've learned women are better streakers.

I don't know. I always sort of liked playing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.

It’s easier to win the National Championship than the SEC, ask Nick Saban.

A swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous. Only Gators get out alive.

I don't think telling the truth ever gets anyone in trouble in the long run. Maybe the day after, but not in the long run.

Coaching to me is correcting mistakes and trying to get your players to think. If raising your voice occasionally gets them to think better, then that's called coaching.

Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens.

We all like to prove people wrong who say we're no good.

Cheating is cheating. Some coaches believe if you can get away with it, cheating is smart. I have no respect for those guys.

You know what FSU stands for, don't you? Free Shoes University.

So, I didn't say we are going to win a lot, but we are going to play like winners, and we've got a plan in place to teach our guys how to play like winners and play like a champion.

So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

I really believe everything is here for us to be very successful.

So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the meeting room and that's pretty much all you need to thoroughly coach your team.

In Knoxville, they're still doing cartwheels because they went 7-6 and won a bowl game.

Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all.

All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

The Pope is 77 years old and he's in charge of a billion people. All I have to do is put 11 on the field.

You keep playing, you get a lead and build on it. People get mad when you keep playing, but that's part of the game, too.

Recruiting can be a little deceiving at times. You never know what you've got until you really, really play it out.

Football players are busy (with) study halls and tutoring. Well, anyway, at South Carolina they are. I don't know about all these other schools.

If I had a defense like Hal Mumme has, I would be trying them on every kickoff.

We're not anxious to play L.S.U. again.

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. (telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books