Football stood at the very core of what the town was about, not on the periphery. It had nothing to do with entertainment and everything to do with life.H.G. Bissinger
Tonight we go out there and we hit them. We hit them hard and we hit them fast. We hit them when they least expect it.H.G. Bissinger
At some point, we can’t let athletics define who we are. There’s got to be more.H.G. Bissinger
In football season, the school became the state's second largest city on Friday nights.H.G. Bissinger
Never was a town with a more perfect name than Odessa, a place having an illusion always just beyond your grasp.H.G. Bissinger
In Texas, high school football was the right of fall. To us, it was as natural as breathing.H.G. Bissinger
He believed for all intents and purposes that winning was the only thing, a conviction completely devoid of conflict or confusion.H.G. Bissinger
Football had strength and simplicity and timeless familiarity.H.G. Bissinger
No one, no one, no one absolutely no one says good morning until after 10 a.m. And then it is usually just 'morning.'H.G. Bissinger
They were part of that strange, volatile world of high school, where one day made a difference and a single game, a single play, could somehow transform the awkward child of August into the hardened man of November.H.G. Bissinger