As we mentioned yesterday, saying clever things doesn’t necessarily equal winning. But there’s always a little magic in the words of good leaders:

I learned this about coaching: You don’t have to explain victory and you can’t explain defeat.
- Darrell Royal

Football doesn’t build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
- Darrell Royal

You’ve got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.
- Darrell Royal

If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn’t eat ‘em.
- Darrell Royal

No one has ever drowned in sweat.
- Lou Holtz

You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
- Lou Holtz

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.
- Lou Holtz

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
- Lou Holtz