Tyron Woodley Quotes

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story.

The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.

I played football in college and what I really wanted to do was be a football coach.

My parents didn't know anything about collegiate scholarships, so they had accepted the national team training stipend, the monthly stipend that I received after making the national team, so I was ineligible for NCAA eligibility anyway.

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know that. I just pity the people caught in that tender trap. And most of all, I pity those kids.

You're not on scholarship for school, and it sounds crazy when a student-athlete says that, but that's - those are the things coaches tell them every day: 'You're not on scholarship for school.'

My life, even as a college student, has all been through the NCAA, and I'm telling you there's so much good that comes out of it.

The NCAA makes so much money off of their kids, and they put ridiculous - absolutely ridiculous - restrictions on everything that they can do.

I took all the courses you would need to be able to go to law school. But my experience in college with football made me want to go into coaching.

I coach at Rutgers University and help out there as a part-time assistant coach. I feel like the coach is kind of in me, and it would also be great exposure, so I'd be down for it, for sure.

Coaching in college is not a right. It's a privilege.

Stop the nonsense about 'student-athlete.'

Mark Fox is always criticized recruiting: he can't keep the Georgia kids home. What that means - he's not cheating and paying. That's what it means.

You see, some kids, the college coaches are calling them at all hours of the night, saying the same thing over and over again.

I always felt like, one of the niches is if you can recruit the SEC, you can be a head coach in the SEC.

I was in school to play basketball; I wasn't trying to be a doctor. It's hard to talk about the NCAA rules and everything that happened in the past because I've just been focused on practicing and getting ready... I was trying to reach my dreams, and that's to play in the NBA.

What would be wrong with letting a kid go pro, and if it doesn't work out he can come back to college? What's the harm in that? The reason is the word "amateurism." The NCAA has to protect colleges' tax exemption.

LeBron james came, and he gets $10 million a year. There was no stigma or blemish, like you have with one-and-done. Now people say, "He's not a student, he's an athlete." Well, of course he's not a student! He's here for one year and he told you he's here for one year, and the school took him with open arms.

The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created.

I do support college athletes and the opportunity for them to be paid a stipend.

Guys are coming into the league a little more mature when they take the three or four years in college.

I need a coaching job in the NBA. I'm restless and I need money.

I could see myself coaching at the high school level, but I'd really love to coach at UCLA. That would be a dream for me.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.