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Leach was a great HC, but he was an even better guy. I honestly cant think of a coach in any sport I would have liked to have had some BBQ and a beer with than Leach. The mans coaching tree speaks for itself, an absolute who's-who of the most dynamic coaches in both the NCAA and NFL. The man changed the game. The most compelling thing about Mike Leach was that he oozed curiosity and intelligence. Every press conference, every interview, while focused on football, would include a myriad of other topics. At forefront was the mans faith, Leach NEVER shied away from bringing up his belief in God, and it was never to the detriment of his intelligence. His faith, and his willingness to share it, was incredibly rare in todays society. Many, most really, public individuals who share their belief in God are mocked and ridiculed my media. Leach never backed down and used his intellect and razor sharp wit to defend his beliefs. A man can only wish they'd touched as many lives as Coach Mike Leach. All of us, those especially of faith, can learn a lot from the way Leach navigated their lives.

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

I think that when you die, you continue to progress. You continue to grow in kind of an elevated state, but I don't think you sit there and wallow around and play the harp.

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

Nothing has done more to bring people of different races and different backgrounds together than athletics, certainly more than politicians have done. It's why the Greeks invented the Olympics. Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

There's shouting, there's blood, there's boogers, there's a whole thing. I mean, there's spitting, there's fighting, there's ripped jerseys. There's someone grabbing someone's throat. I mean, it's why you have football. Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey, they don't quit shooting the puck when they're ahead. And in boxing, you don't quit punching when you're ahead. But in football, somehow magically, you're supposed to quit playing when you're ahead. Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

You're gaining more than you're losing in a small town. Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

Atlanta might have snow and Macon might have good weather, and they're not really far apart. But there's a period of time in the year where the gnats get all over your face and they bite you. And the Macon crowd, it's funny, but they can sit there like nothing's happening and there can be gnats just biting the hell out of your face. Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees. Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

You get these Satanists types that don't believe in God. OK, so you realize you don't get Satan if you don't get God, right? Or atheists that want to believe in ghosts. Wait, wait, wait. You can't have a two-way go on that. You want to be agnostic, be an atheist, fine. But you don't bring ghosts along with you. Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

When the Egyptians were building the pyramids or the Romans were building roads, or you had the westward push with the railroads, I don't think that the guys on the ground were spending a lot of time thinking, 'Hey, hundreds or thousands of years from now they will look back at the brick I have just laid down here and say that I changed the world!' Mike Leach

Mike Leach suffers ‘personal health issue,’ taken to the hospital

I do have a Viking axe by the bed if I need to whack someone... My wife bought me a Viking axe - the axe side curls down so you can grab the adversary around the neck and you can use it to climb walls, as a grappling hook. Mike Leach

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