James Carville Quotes

I had grown up during a time when Notre Dame football was held in the highest esteem. I listened to all of the games on the radio.

I represent college football and have been doing it for 26 years. It's a great thrill.

I say college football began with Rockne.

My high school coach was a big Clemson fan, and I told him, 'As long as I'm the starting quarterback here, I'm not going to lose to South Carolina.'

But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.

The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.

I know Andy Roddick's probably tired about me talking about how many times I beat him when we were kids.

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.

I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.

The best thing I've ever heard another player say is, 'I hate playing against you.'

I do like to play people I wouldn't want to spend five minutes in a room with.

It's interesting too, that the coach of that Georgia Tech team who led his valiant warriors to those 222 points was none other than John Heisman. Yes, he whom the Heisman trophy is named for, an award that honors that college player who best exemplifies excellence and integrity.

I've played in San Diego for nine years and gone against my new team a bunch of times, and I've always envied their success. I've always envied the way they play, the way they go about business.

Everybody wants to beat their former team, and I'm no different.

I always had great respect for the SEC with all the great players.

You come to Oklahoma to beat Texas. I was born and raised in Austin. They didn't recruit me. I grew up 15 miles from their campus. I can't stand them.

In college, practice is draggin'. Coach goes, 'Oh, hey, go on over there and start a fight with one of the linebackers.' Okay. So I'll go and start a fight with one of the linebackers... It's just an attitude that really developed in me, and now we just amplify it times 100 and make sure everybody understands what I do and what I'm about.

The 1973 team is real special. I had never coached against Bear Bryant. Alabama had never played Notre Dame. It was North against South; the Catholics against the Baptists; both teams were undefeated, and everything was on the line.

The most difficult problem about coaching at Notre Dame is losing early.

Everybody loves playing against the best teams.

I think it's nice to win awards, but my goal is not to win the Heisman: it's to get to the Rose Bowl.

I wasn't a big Sam Darnold fan after they beat us in the Rose Bowl game my sophomore year, but that's just a competitive thing. We joke around about that all the time. I got to know him a little more.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

If the roles were reversed, I would be saying the same thing. As a competitor, you're tired of the same guy winning. I guess I understand where they're coming from and what they're saying ... I don't necessarily agree with it. I think it would be great for someone to win five straight.

I like the big matches against the greatest players.