Quotes by Major Applewhite

“That goes back to not accepting it. What if I said, Yeah, youre right, Chris is better, Im just going to be prepared to do mop-up duty. I dont think we would have won. I think they would have had an unprepared quarterback.”

“People dont understand I felt I had accomplished all I wanted as a player in football.”

“You dont have to accept it. If you accept it, youre giving up. I didnt understand it when it happened to me. Looking back, I think it was good I didnt understand it.”

“When youre that young, you cant come to grips emotionally so you isolate yourself from your teammates. So my junior and senior years, I felt it was no longer my team. I lost a lot of good relationships and friendships.”

“The toughest thing about it was I couldnt come to grips with it. I couldnt reason it out in my mind. It was very difficult. I didnt agree with it. I dont think I ever will.”

“It makes all the difference in the world,”

“When I was a true freshman (at Texas), I had Ricky Williams and he took a hell of a lot of pressure off me. Obviously the run game helps the pass. Nothings changed in football.”

“Theres time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche of a college player. You have to always, constantly try to be on the same page with your players. You cant let them get too far away where you cant tell what theyre thinking or what theyre feeling. At the same time, its not a sit-around-the-camp-fire session every day where we are discussing our feelings.”