Mack Brown

I realized in the five years off, what I missed was being around the young people, the organization, the practice, the fourth quarter of the game where you're behind, trying to get back to win the game late. It's not about the rings and trophies and money, that's not what you got into it for.

Most coaches that I saw in my time off weren't very happy in coaching, and I committed to my wife, Sally, if I was going back, I was going to be happy.

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

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

Without communication we have nothing.

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

I've always liked our rivals.

What I've learned is we need to worry about us.

I've never been a guy that hated our rivals.

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

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

We can't control how the other guys play and we've got to worry about us, and we've got to play to the best of our ability every week.

Seeing a player return to campus 20 years later with his family and he tells you, 'I'd never be where I am today without this university and this team.' That's everything. That's why you coach.

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

I'm not gonna coach just because I have to coach, but if it's right and it was fun I'd love to make another run.

I don't dance.

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

I didn't even realize I was quite privileged. But I am. I got money. I've never been stopped by a police officer.

Sixteen, 17 games in a season is a lot of wear and tear on the body, especially for guys who don't come out when they're playing.

When you're the head coach and you do what you do and you're winning enough and you never have anybody leave, you never go visit anywhere else. If you're not careful, you don't get new ideas.

When you're the head coach at Texas and you're winning a lot of games, you don't have to have new ideas, you don't have to change and you really don't doubt that much.

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 football coach and have someone shove me into that position because they'd think I'd like it, that I deserve it or a 'pat on the back.'

I would never say anything bad about Texas A&M.

I'm worried because a lot of coaches aren't having fun. They're miserable, worried about getting fired, fighting recruiting.

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

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

No, I don't do hypotheticals, I'm in the now.

I want to run the ball, be physical and be able to throw it deep.

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

We need to all reach out to our parents and say that we love 'em and care for 'em and make sure that they know that. Because we got a hard world out there.

You get into coaching because you love the game and you love the players. And if you're not careful, you win so many games it becomes about the wins more than anything else.

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

People mouth all the time. I was involved in a rivalry with N.C. State where two coaches tackled each other in the middle of the field after the game. That one was kind of nasty, I thought.

I couldn't get out of my mind how miserable I'd been at the end of 10-win seasons. I'd gone from passion to obsession the last few years at Texas.

I'd lost the joy of coaching. There were times after a win when I was shouting at my assistants leaving the field because I wasn't happy with the way we'd played. I had lost what I started out to be in coaching: Someone who had a positive effect on the lives of my players.

Don't get me wrong, I always wanted to win, but, after we'd won and won and won, it became more about not wanting to lose than enjoying wins.

What we need to do is continue to learn to tackle better, continue to change the rules so we make it safer.

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

I learned that when I go in a store and a person of color goes in the store, that they might watch them because they're afraid they're gonna steal something. They're not gonna watch me because I'm white.

I want to help young coaches have an experience like I've had. But mostly, I want to take the prized possession of every parent by taking their children and helping them grow and helping mentor them and helping them teach me.

The media is very important, very powerful in athletics today, and we as coaches must try to learn more about what is a delicate job.

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

I'm going to coach here as long as I can. As long as I'm effective for North Carolina, I will be the football coach.

We want to expect to win every ballgame.

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

All of us have to win games. Whether we like it or not, the graduation rates and all the things people are talking about aren't as important as winning.

Our goal is to win the conference championship and go to the playoff and win the national championship and we recruit with that attitude.