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Bob Stoops
American
Coach
Born:
Sep 9
,
1960
Been
Coach
Life
Me
Time
You
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Coach Snyder was just a determined guy. I was at the ground floor at Kansas State. I learned a lot from that experience.
Bob Stoops
Experience
State
Determined
Guy
Learned
Lot
Just
Coach
Kansas
Ground
Floor
I appreciate the history and tradition of Notre Dame. I also appreciate the history and tradition of Oklahoma, and I have been part of building that tradition here.
Bob Stoops
History
Building
Oklahoma
Part
Also
Tradition
Been
Notre Dame
Here
Appreciate
Dame
Team chemistry is what really matters, your team chemistry and team toughness.
Bob Stoops
Chemistry
Matters
Toughness
Really
Your
Team
I'm very fortunate to work with a great group of guys that are great coaches, great motivators, excited about what they do, have a lot of enthusiasm and are excellent coaches.
Bob Stoops
Work
Great
Enthusiasm
Group
About
Guys
Excellent
Excited
Lot
Very
Coaches
Fortunate
I love Jim Tressel. I think he's a fabulous guy. He's overall been a strong example for all coaches.
Bob Stoops
Love
Strong
Example
Think
Jim
Fabulous
Guy
He
Overall
Been
Coaches
Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.
Bob Stoops
You
Move On
Else
Our
Rules
Find
Someone
Know
Knowingly
Educated
Quarterback
Going
Move
Break
Play
Players
It's impossible to know what everyone does behind closed doors. Even in families, you don't know sometimes what's going on.
Bob Stoops
You
Sometimes
Impossible
Closed
Doors
Everyone
Know
Does
Families
Closed Doors
Going
Behind
Even
At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That's it. We can't possibly know everything that happens.
Bob Stoops
Day
You
End Of The Day
Will
Everything
Out
Possibly
Find
Tries
Someone
Something
Conceal
Know
Deal
End
Happens
Anytime you win 10 games, let's look around the world, the country, and there's not a lot that do it consistently.
Bob Stoops
You
World
Win
Country
Consistently
Look
Around
Lot
Anytime
Games
No, I'm never pleased if we don't win some type of championship, meaning Big 12 or national.
Bob Stoops
Win
Big
National
Type
Pleased
Some
Never
Meaning
Championship
Every now and then a little bit of change never hurts.
Bob Stoops
Change
Hurts
Every
Bit
Never
Little
Little Bit
Then
Now
Now And Then
Surely, AP or the coaches are all aware everybody has agendas. Anybody who's on TV has one. You know, that's viewership and ratings and those kinds of things.
Bob Stoops
You
Everybody
Those
TV
Kinds
Ratings
Know
Surely
Anybody
Agendas
Coaches
Aware
Things
It's impossible to remove agendas.
Bob Stoops
Impossible
Remove
Agendas
Carl Pendleton's the absolute best. He's everything you want in a student-athlete.
Bob Stoops
Best
You
Everything
Absolute
He
Want
No matter how angry people on the outside were when you don't perform well, a coach is 10 times what anyone else is feeling. Nothing digs at you more. But that's part of our business.
Bob Stoops
Angry
You
Business
People
Matter
Feeling
Nothing
Else
Our
More
Outside
Part
Perform
Well
How
Were
Times
Anyone
Anyone Else
Coach
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 a lot of people that have a hand in it.
Bob Stoops
You
Game
People
Total
Winning
Himself
Got
Quarterback
Ultimate
Hand
Lot
Coaches
Team
Team Game
Play
Everyone wants you to define your life until the end of your life.
Bob Stoops
Life
You
Everyone
Define
Until
End
Wants
Your
The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.
Bob Stoops
Wife
Independence
College
Every
Characteristic
College Football
Football
Football Coach
Look
Coach
Should
I was an undersized, undertalented defensive back. I knocked myself out multiple times running into people. I ended my career without an anterior cruciate ligament. I still don't have one. At a certain point, you realize: I've used up all I've got.
Bob Stoops
Myself
You
People
Defensive
Back
Out
Running
Point
Knocked
Without
Got
Still
Up
Times
Ended
Realize
Certain
Certain Point
Used
Multiple
Career
I have this routine where on Fridays I sign balls that need to be autographed. One time, after my fortieth or fiftieth ball, I looked over at my secretary and said, 'Who is Bob Stoops, anyway?'
Bob Stoops
Time
Secretary
Sign
One Time
Over
Looked
Ball
Said
Balls
Where
After
Anyway
Bob
Who
Routine
Need
Spend a day around my players, around my African-American players, my Hispanic players, my Polynesian players, and you'll see the true beauty of who they are.
Bob Stoops
Day
You
Beauty
Spend
See
True
True Beauty
Around
Hispanic
African-American
Who
Players
Sam Bradford was one of the most humble and grounded players I've ever been around; he got it. But I even told him, what makes you think those fans in the stands are wearing No.14 for you? Who says it's not an old Josh Heupel jersey?
Bob Stoops
You
Humble
Old
Fans
Think
Those
Says
Wearing
He
Josh
Most
Him
Around
Makes
Got
Been
Sam
Grounded
Who
Stands
Even
Ever
Jersey
Players
I think all coaches look at it as a major part of our job: to build young men, not just ball players. To put the right things in front of them, and help them mature as men, not just as players.
Bob Stoops
Job
Men
Build
Young
Think
Our
Right Things
Part
Put
Major
Look
Major Part
Ball
Mature
Front
Just
Young Men
Them
Coaches
Help
Right
Things
Players
Any time you experience adversity, whether you lose a game or maybe have an official who makes a poor call that costs you the game, you've gotta handle yourself properly. Just like in life, not everything will go your way.
Bob Stoops
Life
Time
Adversity
You
Game
Experience
Yourself
Will
Lose
Everything
Way
Properly
Costs
Like
Call
Makes
Gotta
Go
Handle
Official
Any
Maybe
Just
Whether
Poor
Your
Who
I can't remember the last time I've been to a football game as a spectator.
Bob Stoops
Time
Game
Remember
Football
Football Game
Been
Spectator
Last
Last Time
Sometimes people want change just to change. It doesn't mean it's going to be better.
Bob Stoops
Change
People
Better
Sometimes
Going
Just
Want
Mean
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