Joe Jamail Quotes

Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.

The only bad thing is that we didn't win at Tennessee. Kiffin left that program in a bad position.

I was a jock.

I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans.

I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

Like most kids, my dad played. He would drag us out to the course and make us shag balls for him and caddy and all that kind of stuff.

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.

I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he thought I was good. He called his coach, and the coach called me and recruited me. A five-minute phone call changed my life.

Sport has bercome entertainment....actors play to the crowd; players play to their teammates

I want to say to you Indiana people that I owe you a big, big debt of gratitude because nowhere in the world is a sporting group followed more than this state follows basketball. And I just want to thank you for the opportunity that I had to coach in this state - it will always be something that I will cherish.

There needs to be somebody that looks out for what's best for the game, not what's best for the Big 10 or what's best for the SEC or what's best for Jim Harbaugh, but what's best for the game of college football - the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.

I think Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach in history over there in Tuscaloosa.

It's always important when you play in a tournament that they have a basketball court and an arena.

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

The ACC is a great league.

The University of Texas was very good to Will Muschamp and my family.

The most nerves I've ever felt on the first tee was at the President's Cup.

About a year after I retired from playing, I decided that I wanted to getback to college, where I had the greatest time of my life, and to get involved with college football.

The U.S. Open was something I loved.

I always enjoyed the training part of baseball. I went to play college baseball and decided it wasn't for me.

So, college was kind of the only option that I looked at, and I was fortunate to have great coaches when I was at UCLA. They helped me improve on and off the court.

There are things that I will think about, that I have been a part of because I was the head coach at UCLA, that I will always cherish. I grew up loving this program as a kid.