Bob Stoops

The coaching life is like a relay race and I'm thankful for my turn and am confident as I pass the baton. ”

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. ”

Everyone wants you to define your life until the end of your life. ”

Sometimes you get in life something you don't like... you have to do something different. ”

I'm big on that: In life, everything has its time. ”

Coach Spurrier, without question, has been the biggest influence to me, next to my father. ”

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. ”