— "There's an old saying, 'You dance with who brung ya.'"—1965, during a losing streak and frequently thereafter, on the importance of consistency

— "I've always felt that three things can happen to you whenever you throw the football, and two of them are bad."—1963, on the perils of the passing game

— "That will be the big shootout."—1969, on the game between No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Arkansas for the national championship in the centennial year of college football

— "They are like a cockroach. It isn't what he eats or totes off but what he falls into and messes up." 1961, after the top-ranked Longhorns lost 6-0 to TCU, a 24-point underdog

— "It's an in-the-trench battle. It's meat on meat, flesh on flesh and stink on stink. And that's the only way you can play it."—1973, on preparing for Oklahoma

— "He's as quick as a hiccup."—1957, an quarterback Walter Fondren

— "He could run like a small-town gossip."—1963, on running back James Saxton

— "He doesn't have a lot of speed, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing."—1963, on backup running back Harold Phillipp

— "Ol' ugly is better than ol' nothing."—1974,

— "The guy with the blue serge suit with his green socks rolled down didn't go to Texas."—1963, talking about UT alumni