Quotes by Hayden Fry

About Hayden Fry:

John Hayden Fry is a former American football player and coach. He played college football for Baylor University. He served as the head coach at Southern Methodist University (1962–1972), North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas (1973–1978), and the University of Iowa (1979–1998), compiling a career college football record of 232–178–10. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003.
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I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything li...

Hayden Fry

I'll be here in my home with three big screens. I'll be watching three games at a time, and when they're over, I'll look at three more.

Hayden Fry

I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.

Hayden Fry

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

Hayden Fry

We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue.

Hayden Fry

You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.

Hayden Fry

We'll take what the other team gives us. We'll scratch where it itches.

Hayden Fry

Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away.

Hayden Fry

If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.

Hayden Fry

We changed our image. At least when we ran out on the field or broke the huddle, we would look like winners.

Hayden Fry

The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.

Hayden Fry

You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against.

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We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar.

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How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?

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When it's football season, I'm all football.

Hayden Fry

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

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The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.

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Author Bio

  • NameHayden Fry
  • DescriptionAmerican football player and coach, college athletics administrator
  • BornFebruary 28, 1929
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Gridiron Football Player