Jim Harbaugh Quotations

That we should have won. We let one get away.

They've got a tremendous atmosphere at Iowa City. That was a heck of a game. It was a credit to college football.

I know we're going to have a big challenge to do better than what we did last year, but I feel we have the team to do that. We want to win with numbing repetition.

I'm having a great time. Other than the crowd size, the television and the interest from the media, there's no difference than playing or coaching at Iowa or Michigan.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I am now in control of all things.

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

What will happen will happen, what won't happen won't happen.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.

I definitely weighed some options. I felt like this is the best thing. I'm very happy here. This is a school that does things right, and wins. We've had so much success here due to our players, our coaches and our administration. I just want to continue that.