Harbaugh Quotes & Sayings

What will happen will happen, what won't happen won't happen. — Jim Harbaugh

even our best efforts to control our lives are ultimately not good enough. Christ alone is the solid rock on which a (w)holistic response to stress can stand. Stress reminds us of our limitations, and our limitations remind us of our mortality. An appropriate and adequate response to pastoral stress must recognize the existential questions that are raised, the human responsibility to use what God has given us, and the theological truth that in and of ourselves we can do nothing. — Gary L. Harbaugh

I was reminded of another very special word when I was driving into Ann Arbor this morning, and that word is homecoming. Our family's had three homecomings to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in my lifetime. — Jim Harbaugh

Ability is God-given, prowess is earned, — John Harbaugh

A man can be destroyed, but he can't be defeated. — John Harbaugh

People talk about cold weather and it'd be tough to catch balls. But the greatest catcher of all time, Michael Crabtree, catches everything. It's unbelievable. In the northern snowlands, down to the tropics' sunny scenes, he's catching the football. Where they throw a football, he'll be catching it. — Jim Harbaugh

Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work. — Jim Harbaugh

Discipline is not a light switch. Discipline is a way of life. — John Harbaugh

There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it. — Jim Harbaugh

Fans have a constitutional right to expect success and have high expectations ... — Jim Harbaugh

You got the hearts of lions, Good things, bad things, it doesn't matter, that's who you are ... That's what carries us from here to where we are going. And everyone's talking about what we couldn't do, and what we wouldn't do and what we shouldn't do, right? You did it week after week, day after day. No matter what someone said about you. Huh, It dosen't matter what they said. — John Harbaugh

I have always believed that you win as part of a team effort. I've learned that if everybody does a little bit, it adds up to a lot. — Jim Harbaugh

The main thing is winning. Stats aren't that important, but I think in the end things will work themselves out. — John Harbaugh

Forgiveness was such a tricky business. One could forgive with all sincerity one moment and then be overcome by feelings of anger and ill-use the next. — Claudia Harbaugh

I am now in control of all things. — Jim Harbaugh

It's more than personal. I can't screw it up. I have to do ... — Jim Harbaugh

Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. — Jim Harbaugh

Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success. — Jim Harbaugh

The thing about special teams - and I think football in general - is sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you, — John Harbaugh

All human beings have a great agency for being part of a team. — Jim Harbaugh

People often think that there's a general who makes all the difference, but I would reject that. It's a team effort. It's the power of the wedge. — Jim Harbaugh

I love people, I really do. I'm a people person. I think that's a strength of mine. I love being around people, especially in a team setting. — Jim Harbaugh

I don't take vacations. I don't get sick. I don't observe major holidays. I'm a jack hammer. — Jim Harbaugh

Top to bottom Michigan is about excellence, greatness. You have my pledge I will carry forward the excellence of Michigan football. — Jim Harbaugh

I love being part of something that is working toward a greater goal, and there's no more satisfaction in life than achieving those goals as a team and being a part of that team. — Jim Harbaugh

You're kind of numb after 50 shots to the head. — Jim Harbaugh

Anything is always a possibility. Wouldn't talk about what we would have done or what we would do. Everything is a possibility. — Jim Harbaugh

Jim Harbaugh has done a great job of coaching in the NFL no matter how you put it. — John Madden

Throughout my life I have dreamed of coaching at the University of Michigan, — Jim Harbaugh

I was and still am happier than a pig in slop. — Jim Harbaugh

Be there ... care ... and put your children first in your life. When you are given the awesome responsibility of being a father, that is the most important responsibility you can have. God wants us to have a loving relationship with our kids and help them grow ... just like God's relationship with us. — John Harbaugh

It can be a great temptation to rest on the field and let the opponent have a play without making him pay for every inch. I must hold his pain where it is. Mine does not matter ... The punishment I inflict, his fatigue, and that he is up against something that he does not comprehend is everything. — Jim Harbaugh

I have never asked to be the highest-paid coach in football. I have never asked to be paid like a Super Bowl-winning coach. I have never asked for more power. — Jim Harbaugh