Ball player Quote by Kirk Cousins

When your team scores that winning touchdown, you don't think about the politics, the race, the religion, the ethnicity, anything other than the fact…

— Clay Travis

I've seen young men in college going into the NFL and then bite the cheese that's in the trap. They'll throw you a pair…

— Eddie George

I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.

— Dabo Swinney

Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football team. I'm…

— Joe Paterno

In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do…

— Anonymous

If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball…

— Benjamin Carson

I think college football is a reflection of Middle America. You go into a college football town, and you will find three generations of…

— Keith Jackson

The thing I like about college football so much is you can affect these guys a lot more when they are 18-22, 23 years…

— Nick Saban

One of the reasons I never went into pro football was because I wanted my kids to grow up around an academic environment. And…

— Ara Parseghian

There's far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don't realize. It's not…

— Robert Griffin III

Football has a way of bringing people together and gives young people a focus and a strong sense of community, discipline, and respect.

— Victor Wanyama

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way…

— Tony Dungy