Quotes by Coachs

I think pressure is that uneasy feeling that you feel when you're unprepared. Tom Herman

You Pressure Feeling Think Unprepared Feel Uneasy

We like to think that we practice so hard that the games are easy. Tom Herman

Practice Think Easy Like Hard Games

Our goal is, train harder and more physical than any program in the country. Tom Herman

Country Our Physical More Goal Train Than Any Harder Program

I got criticized at Ohio State, and my boss took up for me. I got criticized at Iowa State at times, and my boss took up for me. Tom Herman

Me State Took Criticized Boss Iowa Got Up Times Ohio

I've always been very intimately involved in the playcalling on game day. Tom Herman

Day Game Involved Always Been Very

I think first and foremost, you've got to be able to run the football to be successful in college football. Some teams have thrown the ball 60 times a game and had success doing that. But I think you've got to be able to run the football to have success. Tom Herman

We changed the University of Houston in 23 short months more than anybody thought was possible. Not just from a wins and losses standpoint but from an infrastructure standpoint as well. Tom Herman

Thought Changed Months Possible More Wins Well Houston Losses Than Short Just Anybody Infrastructure Standpoint University

I've failed hundreds of thousands of times. Tom Herman

Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Thousands Failed Times

You should want to be the best at whatever your chosen field is. Tom Herman

Best You Whatever Field Want Should Your Chosen

How do you motivate a human being to do things against his own nature? There's two things: love and fear. And to me, love wins every time. Tom Herman

Love Time Nature Me You Human Being Fear Own Every Every Time Wins How Motivate His Human Being Against Things Two

I think most athletes want to be told when they make a mistake. They don't want to be coddled. They can deal with criticism, especially when it's valid. Tom Herman

Mistake Criticism Think Valid Athletes Most Make Deal Want

I think coaches who don't coddle but praise players when they deserve it get the best results. Tom Herman

Best Think Results Praise Get Coaches Who Deserve Players

At the end of the day I like winning. Tom Herman

Day End Of The Day Winning Like End

Twitter gives you a forum to let loose a little bit and have fun. Tom Herman

You Have Fun Twitter Bit Gives Loose Little Little Bit Forum Fun

Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership. Tom Herman

Leadership You Culture Will Above Get Average Players Elite Need

Losing has to be awful. You can never get used to losing. That's one of the biggest downfalls to a lot of teams. Tom Herman

You Losing Never Lot Get Biggest Used Teams Awful

Yards don't matter. The score is all that matters. Tom Herman

Matter Matters Yards Score

If you win the turnover battle and the explosive play battle in the same game, you win it 98 percent of the time. Now, can you win it with only winning one and losing one? Sure, but if you lose both of 'em, you only win 2 percent of the games where that occurrence happens. Tom Herman

Greg Davis, Ron Randleman, David Bailiff, Paul Rhoads, Urban Meyer. I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of them as influences. Tom Herman

Would Would-Be Mention David Davis Influences Ron Urban Paul Them

We define our success internally. Tom Herman

Success Our Define

We have to learn how to manage self-inflicted pressure. Tom Herman

Pressure Learn Self-Inflicted How Manage

Phenomenal people in Ames and throughout the state of Iowa. Tom Herman

People State Throughout Iowa Phenomenal

People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn't afraid of that. And I wasn't worried about getting fired. I knew the risk. To me, it's not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something. Tom Landry

Me You People Ego Achieve Important Enjoy Worried Top Say Out People Say About Something Risk Fired Knew Retire Know Becomes Yeah Go Dumb Quit Getting Afraid Want Which Coaching Helping Helping People Thing