"Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is ki…"

"I don't guess anybody would think much of what Joe did nowadays, including myself. But he was supposed to be a leader…"

"Cunningham did more for integration in Alabama in 60 minutes than Martin Luther King Jr."

"And he [Bryant] was a smart enough man to know that all kinds of great football players from Alabama, some of whom ju…"

"there ain't no difference between politics and football. Bear Bryant had a quota of five blacks on his team. In NFL, …"

"His nickname was Bear. Now imagine a guy that can carry the nickname Bear."

"In many ways, American sports embody the best in our national character -- dedication, teamwork, honor and friendship…"

"I'd always had an interest in children. Always, from the time I was very small. I'd always thought I wanted to work w…"

"[was] the most marvellous learning experience I have ever had -- in the whole sense of urgency, you know, of breaking…"

"We found the children really didn't want to be black or even brown, then you began to wonder about the whole field of…"