Mack Brown

I like making people smile. It's fun for me.

— Mack Brown

I have never given myself credit for anything.

— Mack Brown

If you're going to coach, you need to have fun coaching.

— Mack Brown

When you lose at Texas, you're going to be bashed. I accept it.

— Mack Brown

We talk about building young men so they can be productive husbands, fathers and citizens.

— Mack Brown

I'd like to be a great example for other coaches. That's all I want to be.

— Mack Brown

If you can imagine digging into something and trying to fit all the pieces together, that's recruiting for us.

— Mack Brown

I'm way too competitive and have way too much pride to leave something bad.

— Mack Brown

When you have a coach-in-waiting, it puts question marks into how long you're going to coach.

— Mack Brown

Losing Mom's really tough. I'm just lucky I had her for 58 years.

— Mack Brown

I love being around the recruits. I like seeing them in the office. I like having the 1-on-1 conversations with them.

— Mack Brown

Most coaches that I saw in my time off weren't very happy in coaching, and I committed to my wife, Sally, if…

— Mack Brown

We need to all reach out to our parents and say that we love 'em and care for 'em and make sure…

— Mack Brown

You should never, ever walk by anyone no matter how young or old they are, without stopping and smiling and shaking their…

— Mack Brown

I love going into a home and talking to a family that knows nothing about recruiting - about the whole process. I…

— Mack Brown

Seeing a player return to campus 20 years later with his family and he tells you, 'I'd never be where I am…

— Mack Brown

Recruiting is always a snow-ball effect because when you get really good players and they like it, the other players want to…

— Mack Brown

To sit around and blame myself for everything that goes bad or credit myself for everything that's good, that's stupid.

— Mack Brown

I don't want to be the athletic director at Texas, that's not my expertise. I don't want to take wins as a…

— Mack Brown

I want to help young coaches have an experience like I've had. But mostly, I want to take the prized possession of…

— Mack Brown

It was really hard to get into graduate school at Texas. We had trouble getting grad assistants.

— Mack Brown

When you have 82 plays, you should have more than 21 points.

— Mack Brown

The names, the legends, my heroes, the College Football Hall of Fame is a really amazing fraternity.

— Mack Brown

I don't need any more recognition. I don't need any more money. I don't need any legacy.

— Mack Brown

By listening to others, you better understand their needs and you can then better communicate with them.

— Mack Brown

When you lose your children, there is nothing worth that in the world.

— Mack Brown

Most players don't mind drug testing once they realize they don't have to study for it.

— Mack Brown

When you're in a ballgame where you're getting beat, there is some frustration.

— Mack Brown

When you're a young coach you just want to work hard and prove to everybody that you're smart.

— Mack Brown

Sick kids getting a little joy out of a football game, it doesn't get better than that.

— Mack Brown

One day, I just ended up thinking, 'You know what? If we get to 13-0, it's not me. If we go 10-2,…

— Mack Brown

Good kids want to stay where their parents can see them play.

— Mack Brown

This is a game, you're supposed to enjoy it, and I'm afraid a lot of the years I had, I was fighting…

— Mack Brown

If you're girlfriend or your wife ever asks you to go on 'Jerry Springer,' don't go. It's not good.

— Mack Brown

In your life, if you start quitting, then you're a quitter.

— Mack Brown

I learned that a person of color might be afraid to let their children go drive a car, which is awful.

— Mack Brown

If you're not careful, you start trying to be somebody you're not to please everybody.

— Mack Brown

I want to go back to North Carolina to do what I started to do in coaching, Not what it got to…

— Mack Brown

It got to the point the last time, at Texas, where every loss was a tragedy and every win was exhaling.

— Mack Brown

Communication helps you build up trust and respect... It gets everyone on the same page.

— Mack Brown