Bob Stoops Quotes

I can tell you this: we at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC - in any way, shape or form.

They said 'the SEC this, the SEC that.' I said, 'You talk like all 14 teams are this, that and the other thing.' I said, 'You have to give credit to the first one or two that have won the national championship, but don't act like they're all doing that.'

Football is football; I don't care if you're doing it in Division II, NAIA, or in the SEC or anything in between.

I always had great respect for the SEC with all the great players.

Iowa State's a great team; I know how tough they are in Ames.

I love college football. I love the game.

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.

At the end of the day, I grew up wanting to play in the SEC.

I want to be the best quarterback at Texas Tech, the best quarterback in the Big 12.

Bad thing about playing at Alabama? I really didn't have any bad moments.

I don't have no issue with any guy. I'm a football player. I'm a competitor. When we're in the field, we're going to compete and be competitive. It's not personal between none of these guys. It's all in the game.

Dan Gronkowski and Chris Gronkowski played with me at Maryland, two of my closest friends.

I think everybody respects Real Madrid; nobody wants to play against us.

You can't sign up for this kind of wrestling in school, so I went the football route first and I was successful at it.

Everything is always equal between every player; no one is ahead of anyone. Sometimes one player plays, then others play. It's normal at every club, not just Barca.

City have been working throughout the years to mount competitive teams and pursue titles.

You're working a million hours and you're on the road recruiting and you're doing all these things, but at the end of the day, you're competing for a championship. You're competing for a Big Ten Championship, you're in the Rose Bowl, you're taking your family to the Cotton Bowl.

My dad was a big Woody Hayes guy.

To this day I can brag to anyone who will listen that I had a catch in the Rose Bowl.

World Cup is a big platform.

I've been very fortunate and blessed to have been able to play football at LSU.

I'm always trying to win my place back in the national team.

I was in the business school. I was on the executive board of the business school and I kinda gave all that up and forewent a full scholarship to walk on at the University of Maryland. I just wanted to challenge myself, play at the top level and see if I could hang with the big boys, kinda get that national spotlight and play in prime time games.

My goal was to be the starting quarterback at Texas Tech and I didn't reach that goal.

Just having the opportunity to play baseball and football at a major D-I level is a great opportunity.