Bob Stoops Quotes

When I got in this profession, as a young guy, as a college coach at San Jose State, I knew right then that I had a passion to do this, to touch people's lives, to develop young men in the game of football.

When you decide to go into coaching, obviously you don't forget why. That's to help develop young people, help them chase their dreams, help them reach their goals.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

The opportunity to coach Kerry Kittles I wouldn't give up for anything.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

True success for me is allowing players to be better than I was. That is what I went into coaching for and I've not lost sight of that.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

I've watched what coaches do for young people in our country.

I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.

Three years under Saban changed me. He's the best coach in the world at what he does.

Coach Saban did his best job to make me a better player and a better person. I thank him for that.

I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.

People think that coaching is about winning football matches - which, of course, it is - but throughout my career it has also been about helping people become better, more able to deal with life and be more successful in their lives, on and off the football pitch.

Some of the best coaches I've been around are those people I worked with in high school.

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.

You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

I used to get stressed out all the time when I thought winning was important. I wanted to try to win and help my kids win. Once I figured out it wasn't about winning or losing, it was about teaching these kids about being men, that's when I started to relax.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.