Mike Leach

Growing up my favorite coach was Billy Martin.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

When the Egyptians were building the pyramids or the Romans were building roads, or you had the westward push with the railroads, I don't think that the guys on the ground were spending a lot of time thinking, 'Hey, hundreds or thousands of years from now they will look back at the brick I have just laid down here and say that I changed the world!'

I think the legal profession is getting somewhat corrupted. When it comes to lawyers, I think it's kind of a Catch-22. On one hand, there's so much process, procedure and mess caused by the legal profession. But on the other hand, the only way to sort through all that process, procedure and mess is through the legal profession.

I feel like Texas high schools, when you consider the melting pot that exists in Texas, do a fairly impressive job. No education process is perfect, but I think that, with plenty of room to improve, they do an admirable job when you compare them to the rest of the field.

I want to go to a place that's undervalued, where the potential is great, a place that wants to win, not just participate, in football.

Iowa is kind of a fascinating place.

Outstanding people in Iowa. Very down-to-earth people in Iowa. It was a great place to be.

I figured I'd coach two or three years at the most and go back and be an attorney.

There's some teams - the Cubs are one of them - where there's just too many fans.

There's a very public quality to coaching.

If you go to any elementary school classroom in Texas, some kids in there are going to be named either Austin, Dallas or Houston.