Art Briles Quotes

United States, American Football Manager
December 3, 1955

Arthur Ray Briles is an American football coach, currently with the Estra Guelfi [it] Firenze American Football Team located in Florence, Italy.Briles was the head coach of the Houston Cougars from 2002 to 2007 and the Baylor Bears from 2008 to 2015. His college career ended with his dismissal from the team in 2015 as a result of the Baylor University sexual assault scandal. He is the author of Beating Goliath: My Story of Football and Faith (2014). He is the subject of a biography written by Nick Eatman entitled Looking Up: My Journey from Tragedy to Triumph (2013).

If you're a manager and you're stuck doing the same thing year after year, you're going to get stale and not know how to motivate people. Part of becoming better at what you do requires challenging yourself on a constant basis.

Art Briles
I want people like Rocky. I like underdogs; I’ve been one all my life. I like people who take it as a challenge when they’re told they can’t do something. This whole situation is a little like that.

Art Briles

I want guys that when you’re playing tag are never it.

Art Briles
- Playing
- Guys
- Tag
People don’t pay to watch people huddle, I never thought. If they’re gonna pay good money, let’s give ‘em a good show.

Art Briles
- Show
- Pay
- Watch
I'll fight a man with three children and a nice house any day over a man that's living out of a car.

Art Briles
- Children
- Fight
- Living
So heavy weight, you know what I mean, I try to eat as healthy as possible, so I don’t know about all that.

Art Briles
- Know
- Healthy
- Weight
It is time to turn that hype into type.

Art Briles
- Turn
- Type
- Hype
Getting chosen second, I mean, that's okay. Like I said, it's better than getting third. I guess you've got to win it three times in a row to get picked first.

Art Briles
- Win
- First
- Chosen

Great things only come with great effort.

Art Briles
- Great
- Effort
- Things
The Past is Last.

Art Briles
- Past
- Last