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 want my kids to win. Winners get the corner office, the big house, the hot wife, the whole nine.

Tom Herman

You need explosive plays to win.

Tom Herman

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

Tom Herman

Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership.

Tom Herman

Greg Davis, Ron Randleman, David Bailiff, Paul Rhoads, Urban Meyer. I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of them as influences.

Tom Herman

My wife and I made a pact a long time ago we really don't give gifts on holidays. We figure if it's coming from the same bank account, why not take each other out for the day shopping or whatever.

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

I tell our team all the time, nobody once in the history of this great game - nor will they ever, I hope - has stood at a championship stage or podium holding a championship trophy and say, 'We out-finessed everybody.'

Tom Herman

It's unfortunate people can twist and turn things to fit whatever narrative they'd like it to fit.

Tom Herman

Longhorn football has been - and always will be - a national power, winning and playing for national championships with great pride and passion, supported by an unbelievable fan base.

Tom Herman

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

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

Recruiting is all about relationships, it's not really about the facilities or the schools involved.

Tom Herman

Pressure comes from being unprepared.

Tom Herman

I've never met a successful person in any walk of life - from Michael Dell to Peyton Manning to Barack Obama - that when you ask that person, 'Hey, how did you get here, and what was your road like?' They say, 'You know what? It was really easy. I slept in all the time, turned my papers in late, didn't pay attention to people and my surroundings.'

Tom Herman

Pressure is self-inflicted.

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 the human condition. We gravitate to what's easy, things that are comfortable, convenient, pain-free, self-serving.

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

Belief that influences behavior influences results.

Tom Herman