Quotes from Mack Brown

I think that the NFL Players Association has to put more restrictions on the agents like the NCAA has put restrictions on us.

I've always liked our rivals.

When you're the head coach and you do what you do and you're winning enough and you never have anybody leave, you never go visit anywhere else. If you're not careful, you don't get new ideas.

I learned that a person of color might be afraid to let their children go drive a car, which is awful.

I like being nice.

To sit around and blame myself for everything that goes bad or credit myself for everything that's good, that's stupid.

You went into the business to change kids lives and all the sudden you forget.

I love Phil Mickelson. He's a dear friend.

Seeing a player return to campus 20 years later with his family and he tells you, 'I'd never be where I am today without this university and this team.' That's everything. That's why you coach.

I don't think you ever silence critics. They'll be critics in the morning. That's part of the deal.

Most coaches that I saw in my time off weren't very happy in coaching, and I committed to my wife, Sally, if I was going back, I was going to be happy.

I'd lost the joy of coaching. There were times after a win when I was shouting at my assistants leaving the field because I wasn't happy with the way we'd played. I had lost what I started out to be in coaching: Someone who had a positive effect on the lives of my players.

By listening to others, you better understand their needs and you can then better communicate with them.

I love being around the recruits. I like seeing them in the office. I like having the 1-on-1 conversations with them.

No one wants to see a player lose his credibility in college, lose his chance to play and obviously maybe not have the right guy to prepare for his future.

What we need to do is continue to learn to tackle better, continue to change the rules so we make it safer.

Coaches block out the future because they think if they start talking about the future they're not being fair to their current staff or players. That's a real phobia. In some cases it really hurts your family. During the season your commitment is to your coaches and your team.

The media is very important, very powerful in athletics today, and we as coaches must try to learn more about what is a delicate job.

One day, I just ended up thinking, 'You know what? If we get to 13-0, it's not me. If we go 10-2, it's not me.'

I always thought I would probably be a high school coach and a principal and then a superintendent. Then it got way off track and it got into college.

I didn't even realize I was quite privileged. But I am. I got money. I've never been stopped by a police officer.

I want to help young coaches have an experience like I've had. But mostly, I want to take the prized possession of every parent by taking their children and helping them grow and helping mentor them and helping them teach me.

Sixteen, 17 games in a season is a lot of wear and tear on the body, especially for guys who don't come out when they're playing.

If you're girlfriend or your wife ever asks you to go on 'Jerry Springer,' don't go. It's not good.