Top 30 Will Muschamp Quotes

I’ve lined the field. I’ve washed the uniforms. I’ve washed my own equipment. Those Division I guys don’t understand that. I’ve worked myself up the ladder.

You don’t want a guy to be happy he’s not starting.

One of the great rights as an American citizen is freedom of speech, one of the things that makes this country what it is.

I think people who know ball and know me know that I’m a good coach.

It’s not a right to play at Florida. It’s a privilege.

We need to play between the whistles. That’s what tough competitors do. They don’t run their mouth.

It’s my favorite thing to do, grilling.

It doesn’t change whether it’s Georgia, Clemson or Florida or Tennessee. You have to fight out there on the recruiting trail every day. And recruiting’s a lot like shaving: If you don’t do it every day, you start looking like a bum.

When you talk in terms of a rivalry game, it’s always important for our guys to understand the history of the rivalry and the history of the game.

It’s our job to make sure the players are ready to play at a high level. Part of that is making sure that the emotion is in check.

My dad was a coach and a schoolteacher.

Good teams understand how to compete, how to practice the right way.

I think you live and learn each year, whether you’re a head coach, coordinator, or business manager. You learn different things that work and different things that don’t.

I believe it was seventh or eighth grade: I went to a Danny Ford football camp. A buddy of mine was a big Clemson fan, and coach Ford put on a camp, and we did actually enjoy ourselves.

Perception is not always reality.

You are what your record is.

At the end of the day, be in the game as the game’s ending. That’s the most important part.

I think, as a coach, you’ve got to do what your players can do.

I want the University of Florida to be successful. I’m always going to be a Gator, unless I’m on the other sideline.

At the end of the day, I grew up wanting to play in the SEC.

Life’s unfair. You’re going to have things happen to you.

If a guy’s not executing very well, then obviously we haven’t given him enough looks in practice.

Self-evaluation is hard, and it starts with me, and it falls on my shoulders, and I’m responsible. But at the end of the day, you are what you are.

Team and individual goals are great, but not understanding how we achieve those goals and the work it’s going to take to achieve those goals, if you don’t understand that process, then it doesn’t matter.

I probably made a mistake at Florida trying to change schematically from what they had done before. As a result, we ended up not being very good at anything.

I think you live and learn every day on the job.

The SEC is a line-of-scrimmage league. You’d better be good up front, or you’re going to have some long days.

We talk to our players all the time, ‘Just control what you can control.’ It’s no different in life.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

There’s no better Gamecock than Marcus Lattimore.