Words matter. These are the best Bob Stoops Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I love Jim Tressel. I think he’s a fabulous guy. He’s overall been a strong example for all coaches.
I have this routine where on Fridays I sign balls that need to be autographed. One time, after my fortieth or fiftieth ball, I looked over at my secretary and said, ‘Who is Bob Stoops, anyway?’
No one wants to hear that, but life changes. If it changes, you have to change with it, to whatever degree.
Sometimes people want change just to change. It doesn’t mean it’s going to be better.
Coach Spurrier, without question, has been the biggest influence to me, next to my father.
Everyone wants you to define your life until the end of your life.
It’s impossible to remove agendas.
Team chemistry is what really matters, your team chemistry and team toughness.
When people ask me where I’m from I say I’m from Oklahoma.
Coaches around the country are influencing the next generation of men in a positive way.
It’s a life issue more than anything when you’re dealing with racism anywhere… It’s a life issue – bigger than sports, bigger than football.
I’ve been with some great head coaches, but also some great assistant coaches, too.
I’ve always believed if a young guy has a chance to play, why would you explain where his weakness is? The only reason would be to help the other team, or to help a gambler.
The coaching life is like a relay race and I’m thankful for my turn and am confident as I pass the baton.
You don’t really want to play your brother. You want to play your brother in a championship game because not only does someone lose, someone’s going to win a championship, too. To me, that’s the only time you’re really looking to do it.
I love college football. I love the game.
I’m especially thankful for being able to coach so many talented young men over my 18 years here. It has been so rewarding to see these players come to OU and mature over a four- or five-year career, and not just on the field. To play a small part in their growth is what I will always cherish the most.
No, I’m never pleased if we don’t win some type of championship, meaning Big 12 or national.
There was a period of time where the two most wanted guys in the state of Oklahoma were me and Josh Heupel. Me for suggesting that you could throw the ball at Oklahoma and in the Big 12. And Josh Heupel for having the temerity to play quarterback and not be able to run faster than 5 flat.
Every now and then a little bit of change never hurts.
At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That’s it. We can’t possibly know everything that happens.
I remember embracing our championship tradition, telling our players that this is what we should expect to be; this is what Oklahoma is supposed to be. And we’re going to do all we can to be that. And if we don’t, there will be no excuses. You either do or you don’t.
Depending on where you’re at or the ownership you’re working for, some of the college jobs may be better than some in the NFL.
I can’t remember the last time I’ve been to a football game as a spectator.
Any time you experience adversity, whether you lose a game or maybe have an official who makes a poor call that costs you the game, you’ve gotta handle yourself properly. Just like in life, not everything will go your way.
Coach Spurrier was just an amazing competitor. I felt I learned to really love the competition of it all from watching him and being around him. All his assistant coaches were great recruiters, very professional in how they handled their business. So as a young guy, I got to see that all the time.
The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.
Sometimes you get in life something you don’t like… you have to do something different.
They said ‘the SEC this, the SEC that.’ I said, ‘You talk like all 14 teams are this, that and the other thing.’ I said, ‘You have to give credit to the first one or two that have won the national championship, but don’t act like they’re all doing that.’
I have incredible respect for Coach Switzer.
Surely, AP or the coaches are all aware everybody has agendas. Anybody who’s on TV has one. You know, that’s viewership and ratings and those kinds of things.
I’ve got great respect for all the teams in the SEC as well as the Big 12, the Big Ten, on and on.
Spend a day around my players, around my African-American players, my Hispanic players, my Polynesian players, and you’ll see the true beauty of who they are.
The fact is I gave everything I had to Kansas State when I was there.
Just being in the locker room as a young person growing up was something I’ve always enjoyed, without ever having it forced upon me.
Patty Gasso is the best. I think she’s awesome.
It’s very rewarding when you know you’re affecting a young person in a positive way, when you know you’re helping influence them in the right direction. Teaching them by example, giving them examples, showing humility and respect and love for your child and wife.
Coach Snyder was just a determined guy. I was at the ground floor at Kansas State. I learned a lot from that experience.
I’m very fortunate to work with a great group of guys that are great coaches, great motivators, excited about what they do, have a lot of enthusiasm and are excellent coaches.
Football is all about repetition. The trick for a coach is to be innovative when you ask for it.
I’m not looking to coach in Chicago.
If you keep hanging on to something, you’ve got an opportunity to keep getting hurt by it.
I know what really matters in my life.
In the end, everybody’s life’s different. Some things fit certain ways for people, and it’s right, and maybe it isn’t for others.
