Quotes from Lee Corso

I was almost as famous at Indiana for my television shows as I was my coaching. That's kind of embarrassing when you think about it.

I promised my wife 27 years ago when I left Florida State that I'd bring her back to Florida. I'm a little late, but better late than never.

The bigger, stronger, faster and meaner my players are, the better I coach.

Everybody asks me, 'Lee when did you know it was time to retire?' I said, 'when they quit asking me to coach.' After the Orlando Renegades, not many people were busting down my doors to coach, so why not do something else.

Fisher DeBerry always puts together a great team.

The Florida Gator head is long and funny looking. It scrapes my nose. Every time I put that thing on I get scraped and blood comes down my face.

Bo Schembechler will go down in history as the greatest football coach. He knows the game, he works hard. And he's not a crook.

People are moving to Florida all the time, lots of times because the economy got tough in the North and they moved south to find jobs. Everybody who comes has two kids - and one of them is usually a football player.

When you have a lousy football team, you learn to be funny.

1958 was my first year as a defensive backfield coach at Florida State. I remember one thing about that game: It was so cold. It was freezing.

The key to winning in major programs is how you play on the road.

It'll be up to ESPN when I leave. And when ESPN says they're going to move in another direction, I'll say, 'Thank you very much. It's been a great run.' Because it has.

The one thing that saved me is that in 17 years of coaching I never had an NCAA investigator talk to one of my players. I lost games, but I lost the right way.

The one thing I was really good at was being spontaneous. I was quick-witted. I lost that with my stroke.

The problem with just wanting to punt it deep and out of bounds every time is that most punters can't do that. Most guys shank and pull their kicks when they try that, so you have to get a guy who punts the ball high and gets hang time.

Drew Henson could go down as the greatest quarterback in the history of Michigan football.

It hurts me not to be able to communicate like I used to. I used to be pretty good at coming back, you know, quick one-liners.

Randy Moss was a fad. People were looking for some way to vote against Peyton Manning.

It takes at least three years of quality and successful season play before a team can garner preseason respect.

I found out people want excitement. Fans don't want to see a lot of running. Even if a team wins it's boring. The total concept of the game must be entertainment.

Donnie Thomas is simply a superlative linebacker with everything it takes to be an all-American.

Why is Barry Switzer not in the Hall of Fame? I have no idea. He's done everything humanly possible to be in.

I have great admiration for Woody Hayes.

I judge a man by the way he treats people who don't count. Woody Hayes was nice to a lot of people he couldn't ever use.