Arkansas is very intriguing to me because it is the only show in the state. Obviously, without a professional team and to have the only Division I football team playing at the level that it's at, it kind of draws unified support throughout the whole state. When you've got that, it's something special.

I thought as a young coach, there were times when my head coach might have prohibited me from moving forward. I always said if I am ever in that position, I'll do anything I can to make our guys move forward.

I think that the role as a head football coach is a lot more than just winning games. Sometimes that's all we're measured upon.

Obviously when you come into competition with other schools and you become aware of anything that concerns you, you have an obligation to say something.

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, and they gave me encouragement, and they gave me a vision. That came from my education.

During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed.

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.