Football Quotes by Bob Stoops

I love college football. I love the game.

— Bob Stoops

There has to be measures for players to know the consequences for their actions.

— Bob Stoops

Team chemistry is what really matters, your team chemistry and team toughness.

— Bob Stoops

I just love to play football and enjoy it.

— Bob Stoops

Anytime we lose a game, there it goes. The roller coaster's going down.

— Bob Stoops

I can't remember the last time I've been to a football game as a spectator.

— Bob Stoops

I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.

— Bob Stoops

It's a life issue more than anything when you're dealing with racism anywhere... It's a life issue - bigger than sports, bigger…

— Bob Stoops

Coach Snyder was just a determined guy. I was at the ground floor at Kansas State. I learned a lot from that…

— Bob Stoops

Depending on where you're at or the ownership you're working for, some of the college jobs may be better than some in…

— Bob Stoops

I've been with some great head coaches, but also some great assistant coaches, too.

— Bob Stoops

The coaching life is like a relay race and I'm thankful for my turn and am confident as I pass the baton.

— Bob Stoops

I don't want to say [the teams] are mirror images of each other, ... but there's a lot of similarities on both…

— Bob Stoops

Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to…

— Bob Stoops

Any time you experience adversity, whether you lose a game or maybe have an official who makes a poor call that costs…

— Bob Stoops

No matter how angry people on the outside were when you don't perform well, a coach is 10 times what anyone else…

— Bob Stoops

This game we play is the ultimate total team game. Quarterback by himself isn't winning it. You got 11-12 coaches, you've got…

— Bob Stoops

I thought one of the best things I ever did in my career was getting my first staff together at OU... That's…

— Bob Stoops

Coach Spurrier was just an amazing competitor. I felt I learned to really love the competition of it all from watching him…

— Bob Stoops

I've always believed if a young guy has a chance to play, why would you explain where his weakness is? The only…

— Bob Stoops

Sam Bradford was one of the most humble and grounded players I've ever been around; he got it. But I even told…

— Bob Stoops

They said 'the SEC this, the SEC that.' I said, 'You talk like all 14 teams are this, that and the other…

— Bob Stoops

I think every league is good. Every league is pretty much the same: You got your top teams that are all very…

— Bob Stoops

If you're winning and can stay on the field offensively and move the ball, that's what we want.

— Bob Stoops

Stepping down after 18 years as the head football coach here at Oklahoma, and I feel like I've absolutely been the luckiest,…

— Bob Stoops

Coaches around the country are influencing the next generation of men in a positive way.

— Bob Stoops

Spend a day around my players, around my African-American players, my Hispanic players, my Polynesian players, and you'll see the true beauty…

— Bob Stoops

The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.

— Bob Stoops

Football is all about repetition. The trick for a coach is to be innovative when you ask for it.

— Bob Stoops

I'm very fortunate to work with a great group of guys that are great coaches, great motivators, excited about what they do,…

— Bob Stoops