As a head coach, you're on two lists. You're the guy that might get fired, or you're the guy who might go somewhere.
— Mike Leach
I think the legal profession is getting somewhat corrupted. When it comes to lawyers, I think it's kind of a Catch-22. On one hand, there's so much process, procedure and mess caused by the legal profession. But on the other hand, the only way to sort through all that process, procedure and mess is through the legal profession.
My dad always watched wrestling and I seldom did.
I think the days before cell phones, when it was dirt clod wars at construction sites, was a lot more wholesome and productive, to be perfectly honest.
If you go to any elementary school classroom in Texas, some kids in there are going to be named either Austin, Dallas or Houston.
If you get into a fight, don't take your helmet off. We're looking for smart football players, not dumb ones.
I want to go to a place that's undervalued, where the potential is great, a place that wants to win, not just participate, in football.
When things were really rolling at Texas Tech, I was a part of something bigger than myself, bigger than football.
Even in Texas, there's a lot of people who've never been to Lubbock.
Anytime you're trying to set a course, there's gonna be decisions made, and you have to weigh all options, and then in the end you come up with the best course.
I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.
I suspect Bill Snyder may be a sorcerer... he's one of the coaches that I admire most!
I've always thought that the - as far as regions of the country that people brag about, as far as top talent, the Inland Empire is awfully hard to beat.
Obama is trying to protect Obamacare, and then obviously even in his own party a bunch of people are against it.
If your quarterback wants a deflated football, your soccer-style kicker is going to want it kind of full. If your quarterback wants it really full, your straight-on kicker is going to want less air in it. It's a regulation football; let them use it however they want to. You use your own ball.
I do have a Viking axe by the bed if I need to whack someone... My wife bought me a Viking axe - the axe side curls down so you can grab the adversary around the neck and you can use it to climb walls, as a grappling hook.
Well, you're going to be dead in a hundred years anyway, so live dangerously.
In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey, they don't quit shooting the puck when they're ahead. And in boxing, you don't quit punching when you're ahead. But in football, somehow magically, you're supposed to quit playing when you're ahead.
Before I ever got into coaching, I got my law degree at Pepperdine.
There's a reason they only serve fruitcake once a year, because it's awful. There's a reason they only serve mint julep's once a year, because they're awful. And there's a reason they only serve candy corn once a year, because it's awful.
You know, I'll tell who's really embraced football is Austria. Austria's really embraced football.
Atlanta might have snow and Macon might have good weather, and they're not really far apart. But there's a period of time in the year where the gnats get all over your face and they bite you. And the Macon crowd, it's funny, but they can sit there like nothing's happening and there can be gnats just biting the hell out of your face.
Washington State is great. I'm completely happy at Washington State.
ESPN wants to scrutinize everyone, but if they're scrutinized, they run and hide.
At an unusually young age, I read 'Instant Replay' by Jerry Kramer, which talked a lot about the Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi. From there I was really more a fan of coaches than teams and players.
My fondest part of college was the interaction and everything I did with my fellow students.
I've directly contributed to losses, but likewise, I'd like to think I contributed to a lot of wins and a lot of good play.
I would like to be coaching in the right situation if it's a team effort and doesn't have a bunch of mini-agendas. I want something where the school wants to win and values graduation and everybody wants to work together.
Playing someone difficult is tough and can be discouraging, but if you beat them the payoff is huge!
I ought to have Mike's Pirate School. The freshmen, all they get is the bandanna. When you're a senior, you get the sword and skull and crossbones. For homework, we'll work pirate maneuvers and stuff like that.
The government shutdown, we all know that's a sham. I mean, are they really going to just go to the entire Army and Navy and say, 'You're fired.'
The interesting thing about football is that football is the only sport where you quit playing when you get a lead.
I keep my guns on one part of the house totally locked up, and I keep the ammunition in another part of the house.
Freedom of speech should be wide open as long as it doesn't incite violence.
I'm a thin-crust pizza guy. I respect people who like thick crust, but in my view it's mostly bread.
You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge.
Oh I've never liked candy corn, I think it's just awful - I think candy corn's awful.
Outside of North America, best football? Is Samoa North America? Probably Samoa. I'd say Samoa. Germany's certainly up there.
I'm proud to say I had a bet with a guy from Chicago who said Chicago is windier and colder than Wyoming. Wyoming dominated them.
When I was at Tech, no public school was ahead of us in graduation rates. We got our guys to compete in the classroom, and if they're competing in class and in football, that's an attitude they take into life.
I figured I'd coach two or three years at the most and go back and be an attorney.
Everybody says marriage is 'til death do you part - and I've been married 29 years - but a book is really 'til death do you part. Once you write it, it's out there.
There's a very public quality to coaching.
I'd like to think I am a good coach but I've called bad plays. I've coached bad practices. I've made bad substitution choices.
You go out and do the best you can and hope it works. You just try to improve.
When Washington State has been good, they've always had a connection to Southern California. You know, as far as visiting, that's different than recruiting. Recruiting is based on production and players, who you can get. You know, so, the nicest parts of Southern California aren't necessarily the best players.
It's a good idea to shave for TV games.
How can it be that we laugh about England's obsession with the royal family? At least the royal family has college degrees and military service.
I don't think people should be allowed to shoot guns unless they have a license.
Whether it's a car or boat or motorcycle, it's a dangerous item, so you have to show a level of competence and get a license before you're allowed to operate something that's dangerous. Guns are dangerous but you don't have to get a license to operate guns.
