Butch Davis Quotes

"I think he just said what was on his mind."

"In college, there are two or three Saturdays that you can just show up, whether it's Florida playing Vanderbilt or Miami playing Rutgers, and you're going to win. Sundays in this league are like playing Florida and Florida State every week. A two-and-seven team can be as good as anybody you'll play."

"It's a great place. I've got family and friends - but it's a difficult thing. It's unfortunate that Houston's going through a tough time and I wish him the best and want him to win this weekend."

"We understand that Butch Davis inherited an awful football team with virtually no talent. However, why do you keep defending the man (and his talent evaluation skills) when he clearly had awful drafts for the Browns?"

"The trade isn't going to be the problem. Negotiating the contract will be."

"[From 370-pound Texas offensive tackle Leonard] Big ... They don't have any reason to fear me. I'm a nice guy."

"When friends would call and say something about this job or that job, I told them, 'The answer is the same as it was three weeks ago, two weeks ago: I am not coaching [elsewhere] next season.'"

"I know people were sad, angry and they were upset. But this was a great opportunity. An opportunity of a lifetime."

"I think in time, I hope those people in retrospect will look back and see how much adversity we overcame, ... With the exception of SMU [which had its football program suspended for NCAA violations], I don't know many programs that overcame more than we did."

"The biggest win you have to win is the locker room. ... And it's very difficult when you inherit a football team - you go someplace and all of a sudden these guys have got seven-year contracts and the coaches have got three."

"I think in time, I hope those people in retrospect will look back and see how much adversity we overcame. With the exception of SMU [which had its football program suspended for NCAA violations], I don't know many programs that overcame more than we did."

"Good riddance, man,'' said a Browns player."