--- title: "4 Grant Teaff Quotes - Famous American football player (I believe)" description: "Grant Garland Teaff is an American former football player and coach. Browse 4 Grant Teaff quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-grant-teaff-39278.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Grant Teaff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-grant-teaff-39278.jpg) # Grant Teaff (1933) American Football Player **4** quotes in **55** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Grant Teaff is an American football player, best known for *I believe*. ## Quick Facts About Grant Teaff Born November 12, 1933 Profession American Football Player Notable works I believe ## About Grant Teaff Grant Garland Teaff is an American former football player and coach. He served as the head coach at McMurry University (1960–1965), Angelo State University (1969–1971), and Baylor University (1972–1992), compiling a career college football record of 170–151–8. In his 21 seasons as head coach of the Baylor Bears football team, Teaff's teams won two Southwest Conference titles and appeared in eight bowl games. His 128 wins are the most of any coach in the history of the program. Teaff was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2001. ## Quotes by Grant Teaff > [The best teachers coach their students and the best coaches are great teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-teaff/the-best-teachers-coach-their-students-and-the-best-coaches-are-great/) [Grant Teaff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-teaff/) [Best coaches](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-coaches/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/grant-teaff-66105_best-coaches_the-best-teachers-coach-their-students-a_274482.jpg) > [There are some outstandingly qualified minority coaches, and one of the reasons I spoke out is that the ones I came in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-teaff/there-are-some-outstandingly-qualified-minority-coaches-and-one-of/) [Grant Teaff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-teaff/) [Being successful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-successful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/grant-teaff-66105_being-successful_there-are-some-outstandingly-qualified-m_427807.jpg) > [The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-teaff/the-coaching-profession-has-lost-one-of-its-true-legends-though-he/) [Grant Teaff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-teaff/) [Acclaim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acclaim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/grant-teaff-66105_acclaim_the-coaching-profession-has-lost-one-of_965371.jpg) > [When the BCS started, a decision was made collectively, as coaches, that the BCS champion would receive our championship and our trophy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-teaff/when-the-bcs-started-a-decision-was-made-collectively-as-coaches-that/) [Grant Teaff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-teaff/) [Champion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/champion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/grant-teaff-66105_champion_when-the-bcs-started-a-decision-was-made_1509350.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-teaff/#itemlist", "name": "Grant Teaff Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best teachers coach their students and the best coaches are great teachers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grant Teaff" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-teaff/the-best-teachers-coach-their-students-and-the-best-coaches-are-great/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/grant-teaff-66105_best-coaches_the-best-teachers-coach-their-students-a_274482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/grant-teaff-66105_best-coaches_the-best-teachers-coach-their-students-a_274482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/grant-teaff-66105_best-coaches_the-best-teachers-coach-their-students-a_274482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best teachers coach their students and the best coaches are great teachers.” — Grant Teaff", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are some outstandingly qualified minority coaches, and one of the reasons I spoke out is that the ones I came in contact with all wanted a I-A job, as do all of our 10,000 members. 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