Quotes from Tom Herman

I believe in routine.

We have to learn how to manage self-inflicted pressure.

Losing has to be awful. You can never get used to losing. That's one of the biggest downfalls to a lot of teams.

I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.

Phenomenal people in Ames and throughout the state of Iowa.

We will win championships.

When you play for the guy next to you, that's when you win championships.

You should want to be the best at whatever your chosen field is.

It's amazing how much better coaches we become when you have really good players.

When the President of the United States comes out and says, 'If I had boys, I wouldn't let them play tackle football,' that's a big punch to the gut for our sport.

We like to think that we practice so hard that the games are easy.

I think coaches who don't coddle but praise players when they deserve it get the best results.

We all want to be praised, right?

One of the neatest things I saw with the team at Ohio State - and we preach about it all the time as coaches - is that the team genuinely played for the happiness, success and rings on the finger for the guy next to them.

Pressure is self-inflicted.

You can't win championships without playing great defense.

We define our success internally.

I delete the Twitter app during the season.

I'm an anti-standard operating procedure guy.

You need explosive plays to win.

The price of championships will never change. It's been set long before me. It will be the same long after me. That price is hard work, sweat, blood, tears, fatigue and exhaustion and doing so much more than what is required of you.

My wife and I made a pact a long time ago we really don't give gifts on holidays. We figure if it's coming from the same bank account, why not take each other out for the day shopping or whatever.

Bankers don't get to do this. For all the hours, the late nights, lack of sleep and hours of pulling your hair out from dealing with 18- and 19-year-old kids, it's a pretty cool job.

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.