Jim Harbaugh Quotes

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.

— Jim Harbaugh

“Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.”

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

“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.”

— Jim Harbaugh

“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.”

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

“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.”

— Jim Harbaugh

“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.”

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

“I am now in control of all things.”

— Jim Harbaugh

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.

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

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.

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

“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.”

— Jim Harbaugh

“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.”

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh

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

— Jim Harbaugh