Bob Stoops

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.

There has to be measures for players to know the consequences for their actions.

No matter how angry people on the outside were when you don't perform well, a coach is 10 times what anyone else is feeling. Nothing digs at you more. But that's part of our business.

Coaches around the country are influencing the next generation of men in a positive way.

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.

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.

It's impossible to know what everyone does behind closed doors. Even in families, you don't know sometimes what's going on.

I have a very strong faith.

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.

Every now and then a little bit of change never hurts.

I think every league is good. Every league is pretty much the same: You got your top teams that are all very good, you got middle of the road teams that are really good and then you got your bottom of leagues that are all kind if fighting to get really good. I think it's pretty much the same across the board; I've said that for a long time.