Urban Meyer's Quotes & Sayings

Elite warriors, when they accomplish their mission, they celebrate. — Urban Meyer

It's competition. It's putting them in environments, in situations where I want to see who the fighters are and who they guys are that are going to compete. And there will be rewards at the end of the day. Gatorade if you win. You drink out of a water hose if you lose and do some running. And that includes the coaching staff. — Urban Meyer

Anyone can run the option. I can run the option. — Urban Meyer

Hey I think the urban meyer rule is in effect right now, When the going gets tough..QUIT. — Maurice Jones-Drew

The future is bright at Ohio State. — Urban Meyer

It is so easy to be average. It takes a little something to be special. Why be around average? — Urban Meyer

I don't like disrespecting other teams. — Urban Meyer

What makes LSU is the environment and the fans and those guys wearing the jerseys. They're really good players. — Urban Meyer

At the end of the day, I'm very convinced that you're going to be judged on how you are as a husband and as a father and not on how many bowl games we won, — Urban Meyer

Keeping up with Urban Meyer is more of an Olympic event than handball. — Wright Thompson

I believe we have the best football coach in the country in Urban Meyer. I had the privilege of hiring him, as you know, and I think he is doing fabulous work. — Gordon Gee

You don't get 5 years to build a team any more. You get 2 if you're lucky. — Urban Meyer

If you can raise the level of effort and performance in those around you, you are officially a leader. — Urban Meyer

Congratulations to Ohio State, your new college football champions. Coach Urban Meyer may be the greatest football coach of all time. Don't confuse him with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. That's urban quagmire. — David Letterman

I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. Well-prepared players make plays. I have yet to be in a game where the most prepared team didn't win. — Urban Meyer

Coaches do get very nervous. — Urban Meyer

But what I didnt want to have happen, and I made this clear to Jeremy (Florida AD), if I am able to go coach, I want to coach at one place, the University of Florida. It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach? I dont want to do that. I have too much love for this University and these players and for what weve built. — Urban Meyer

I have ignored my health for years, but recent developments have forced me to re-evaluate my priorities of faith and family. — Urban Meyer

I've come to learn that leadership is not automatically granted to you because of your position or your salary or the size of your office. Leadership is influence based on trust that you have earned. A leader is not someone who declares what he wants and then gets angry when he doesn't get it. A true leader is someone who is going someplace and taking people with him, a catalyst for elite performance who enables people to achieve things they wouldn't achieve on their own. A leader is someone who earns trust, sets a clear standard, and then equips and inspires people to meet that standard. — Urban Meyer