Tom Herman Quotes

Tom Herman

Profession : Coach

Birth : June 2, 1975

I think pressure is that uneasy feeling that you feel when you're unprepared.

Tom Herman

The biggest expectations we'll always have for the University of Texas will be from within.

Tom Herman

Our goal is, train harder and more physical than any program in the country.

Tom Herman

I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.

Tom Herman

When the President of the United States comes out and says, 'If I had boys, I wouldn't let them play tackle football,' that's a big punch to the gut for our sport.

Tom Herman

I got criticized at Ohio State, and my boss took up for me. I got criticized at Iowa State at times, and my boss took up for me.

Tom Herman

I've always been very intimately involved in the playcalling on game day.

Tom Herman

I think first and foremost, you've got to be able to run the football to be successful in college football. Some teams have thrown the ball 60 times a game and had success doing that. But I think you've got to be able to run the football to have success.

Tom Herman

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

Tom Herman

It's amazing how much better coaches we become when you have really good players.

Tom Herman

I'm a guy who was born in Cincinnati and whose entire family except for my mother still lives in Cincinnati - my grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, you name it.

Tom Herman

We all want to be praised, right?

Tom Herman

We changed the University of Houston in 23 short months more than anybody thought was possible. Not just from a wins and losses standpoint but from an infrastructure standpoint as well.

Tom Herman

Bankers don't get to do this. For all the hours, the late nights, lack of sleep and hours of pulling your hair out from dealing with 18- and 19-year-old kids, it's a pretty cool job.

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Winning isn't just about the material things you attain, it's about being your best in all you do.

Tom Herman

I've failed hundreds of thousands of times.

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You should want to be the best at whatever your chosen field is.

Tom Herman

How do you motivate a human being to do things against his own nature? There's two things: love and fear. And to me, love wins every time.

Tom Herman

Belief that influences behavior influences results.

Tom Herman

If your players believe in what you're telling them, no matter how trivial the subject, no matter how important the subject, then it influences the way they behave, and that will influence results.

Tom Herman