Mike Leach Quotes

Arizona was the best place. I like the competition in baseball, and the football program has been great for the past five years. I think I'll be playing as a freshman in both sports, and I think I can play with them.

I chose Tennessee because I thought they'd give me an opportunity to play.

If football had always been my main goal then I would have gone to some scholarship school; I could have gotten more exposure there.

I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

I was a defensive lineman coming out of high school who was considered amongst the top... maybe the top six guys, top five guys, and wanted to prove to my team that I was going to be a top guy going into college.

At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.

I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia.

I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school.

Any time you get a chance to acquire a really good football player, I'm all about that.

Duke recruits the best basketball players. They don't recruit dunkers or highlight makers. They recruit good basketball players.

It's part of the reason I went to Duke. Coach K came to me. He saw everything but the dunks. He was like, 'It's a dunk. It's two points. Who cares?' He saw every other part of my game that I wanted the world to see.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

I thought my freshman year at the University of Miami, I was balling, I was looking forward to the NFL.

You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players.

Notre Dame was my dream school growing up. But in recruiting, they had some other plans, what position they wanted me to play.

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

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

As far as the bowl games, I don't think the players really play for that. Not at USC.

It's a lot more important to get quality young men and good student-athletes that can be successful at the University of Georgia. That's my No. 1 goal.

Washington State was a tough recruiting spot.

Coming out of high school, however, I wasn't a decorated recruit. As a result, I found myself one month from signing day with only two scholarship offers and they were from the Mid-American Conference.

My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.

I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

Ohio State University puts out some very fine football players.

I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.