It’s football season, and time to pull out some of those favorite quotes from coaches and players.

"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar…except for my grades." Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

"Always remember…Goliath was a 40-point favorite over David." Shug Jordan / Auburn

"They cut us up like boarding house pie…and that's real small pieces." Darrell Royal / Texas

"They whipped us like a tied up goat." Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.'" Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State

"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel." Bobby Bowden / Florida State

"Football is not a contact sport—it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport." Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his post-game message to his team: "All those who need showers…take them." John McKay / USC

"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education." Murray Warmath / Minnesota

"The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon." Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches." Darrell Royal / Texas

"We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking." John McKay / USC

"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad." Darrell Royal / University of Texas

"I've found that prayers work best…when you have big players." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

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