Top U of M Quotes for Man Cave Display
Since we won't be having football this fall I am using my fall Saturdays to work on my basement. I am planning to paint the best Michigan quotes on the walls interspersed with some memorabilia.
So far my list includes:
But do let me reiterate the spirit of Michigan. It is based upon a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways; an enthusiasm that makes it second nature for Michigan men to spread the gospel of their university to the world's distant outposts; a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours. -Fielding H. Yost
Tradition is something you can't bottle.You can't buy it at the corner store.But it is there to sustain you when you need it most.I've called upon it time and time again.And so have countless other Michigan athletes and coaches.There is nothing like it.I hope it never dies. -Fritz Crisler
No man is more important than The Team. No coach is more important than The Team. The Team, The Team, The Team, and if we think that way, all of us, everything that you do, you take into consideration what effect does it have on my Team? -Bo
Those who stay will be Champions -Bo
Football is a religion and Saturday is the holy day of obligation. -Ufer
What are your favorites?
August 19th, 2020 at 9:59 AM ^
Those seem like long quotes and a lot of very tedious painting...
Also, the more we see the issues with treating the university/winning/etc. as a religion, I can't say I'd want any of those painted on my own walls.
Maybe something like "To Hell with Notre Dame" or something... I think that's a sentiment most can agree with?
August 19th, 2020 at 10:30 AM ^
To hell with religion sounds catchy.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:05 AM ^
Chicken is a nervous bird
-JH
August 19th, 2020 at 10:12 AM ^
“I’m not fully aware”
August 19th, 2020 at 11:13 AM ^
“Quit drinking and go to bed.”
August 19th, 2020 at 10:14 AM ^
If you have a Cavemantoilet, it would be best to put these quotes in the bowl:
Cardale Jones "'We ain't come here to play SCHOOL,' "
TP Pryor "I mean everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever."
August 19th, 2020 at 3:45 PM ^
Here's some love for the Unhappy Valley:
"FUCK penn state and all their delusional joepa loving fans!!!"
- East German Judge said that I think.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:15 AM ^
Sometimes you get your little brother excited when you're playing basketball and you let him get the lead, then you just come back and take it back
Mike Hart
August 19th, 2020 at 1:53 PM ^
Ah yes, the famous quote right before sparty went on a 7-1 streak against us.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:15 AM ^
"Who got the bomb-ass dick?"
August 19th, 2020 at 10:28 AM ^
Ah, 2001. DT's got the bomb ass D!
August 19th, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
2000, not 2001. Just don’t want to confuse the kids.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:16 AM ^
I have a man cave, it's called the house.
/sebastian'ed
August 19th, 2020 at 10:16 AM ^
Probably more paraphrasing but I'm thinking back to Bacon's book about Bo and the facilities when he arrived.
"If that nail was good enough for Fielding Yost, it's good enough for us."
I have a few nails in my basement wall that make this fitting for my Man Cave.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:16 AM ^
“This is Michigan for God’s sake!”
Brady Hoke
August 19th, 2020 at 10:21 AM ^
“You ever drink a beer?”
Lloyd Carr
August 19th, 2020 at 10:21 AM ^
They do the talkin', I do the walkin'
- C Woodson, post '97 OSU game.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:23 AM ^
"We had subs....it was crazy" - J. Beilein or my other personal favorite;
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky"
- Michael Scott
August 19th, 2020 at 10:24 AM ^
Maybe this is for the furnace room next door to the cave -
“Sam Webb officially projects Najee Harris in UM’s class”
-ThatGuyCeci
August 19th, 2020 at 10:24 AM ^
An over-abundance of swag can make a pimp shine.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
Unless you're an experienced sign painter, I think you're significantly underestimating the amount of very tedious and time-intensive work involved in hand-painting that amount of text in a way that's going to satisfy you.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:32 AM ^
"Every day you either get better or you get worse, you never stay the same."
"Nothing good ever happens after midnight."
Bo
August 19th, 2020 at 11:39 AM ^
Define good.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:33 AM ^
Just be careful b/c any of these guys may get blacklisted eventually and you'll have to switch 'em out. Also go with less words.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:37 AM ^
"Wins and losses are just a statistic"
August 19th, 2020 at 10:38 AM ^
Men still have man caves?
August 19th, 2020 at 11:04 AM ^
The fact you don’t know they do is kinda sad.
August 19th, 2020 at 11:14 AM ^
It’s an antiquated idea.
August 19th, 2020 at 1:06 PM ^
no Ma'am.
August 19th, 2020 at 2:26 PM ^
Don't worry. Title IX mandates that for every Man Cave, there must also be a She Shed.
August 19th, 2020 at 3:52 PM ^
Me going into my shop to have a few beers from my beer fridge and build a dresser while looking at my M gear is antiquated?
ok bud ....sure
August 19th, 2020 at 4:16 PM ^
It is if you call it a man shop.
August 19th, 2020 at 9:40 PM ^
Ok. Well, apparently you’re bent out of shape about “what specific name it is called” more so than what it actually is .... and I can’t help you there. That’s your own mental bullshit.
I call it a man cave. Because I am a man. And I use it. And my wife wants nothing to do with it. And she’s a woman.
Not sure what your point is here besides to try to denigrate something you don’t understand.
August 19th, 2020 at 4:54 PM ^
Nowadays they're called tool sheds, offices, merk barns, etc.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
"I don’t take vacations. I don’t get sick. I don’t observe major holidays. I’m a jack hammer."
-JH
August 20th, 2020 at 7:28 PM ^
Used an iteration of this in my grad school interview.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:41 AM ^
You ask this question with fall football in the B1G and the PAC cancelled, but proceeding forward in the Big 12, SEC and ACC. (The fact that the ultimate "I told you so" will require dead and/or permanently disabled students takes this well out of football rival gloating territory.) The Tigers' season opening win streak has faded like new snow falling on the chimney of a blast furnace, bringing us back to the reality that this season will be nasty, brutish and (mercifully) short. Coach Howard continues the men's bball tradition of finishing second in the recruitment of more 5-star players than any other program, while Coach Izzo is bringing in his own Fab Five class. Neither the Pistons nor the Wings even qualified to participate in the season restart, yet somehow a team from the metro NY area did qualify and landed the #1 draft pick in the NHL draft. Hilariously, self proclaimed insiders say this season will be different for the improvisational comedy troup pretending to be an NFL franchise. (Spoiler alert: I'm 59 years old. The Lions have won ONE playoff game IN MY LIFETIME!)
May I suggest a slogan from the depths of the Hoke regime: Depression, the Michigan difference.
August 20th, 2020 at 7:32 PM ^
May I suggest you live out your remaining years in negativity, under a rock.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:42 AM ^
Look up Tom Brady's speech to Hoke's team.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:51 AM ^
I'm always fond of this one:
No man ever made a success of anything unless his heart was in it. The wall street magnate loves his game on the stock exchange. The merchant king is inspired with a devotion to business. The great politician would go insane if it were not for his world of excitement and the opportunity which his field affords to give vent to his hobby. No lawyer or doctor ever approached the top of the ladder in his profession who did not have an enthusiasm in himself, constantly urging him higher. Likewise, no man can be a football player who does not love the game. Half-heartedness or lack of earnestness will eliminate any man from a football team. The love of the game must be genuine. It is not devotion to a fad that makes men play football; it is because they enjoy their struggle.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:53 AM ^
"Make it a double!" - Gary Moeller
August 19th, 2020 at 10:56 AM ^
"Oh yeah? Well I had sex with your wife! - George Costanza"
- Les Miles
August 19th, 2020 at 12:25 PM ^
His wife is in a coma.
August 19th, 2020 at 3:03 PM ^
he didn't say it was good sex.......
I'll leave now
August 19th, 2020 at 10:53 AM ^
A little higher tech but you could install smart home switches to trigger actual audio of the quotes. Similar to how some museums have “learn more” buttons as part of exhibits. You could go further, and include voice interactivity by creating an Alexa Skill or Routine to trigger actions via voice. For example, anytime you say Alexa motivate me, you get one of your quotes. Or anytime Michigan scores, trigger The Victors.
August 19th, 2020 at 10:54 AM ^
"The Team, The Team, The Team."
August 19th, 2020 at 10:55 AM ^
"You need 1 yard, I'll get ya 3 yards. You need 5 yards, I'll get ya 3 yards."
--Leroy Hoard
August 19th, 2020 at 11:02 AM ^
"I'm not big on the Beavers right now, I know David Pollack is big on the Beavers, he's sipping that Beaver juice." —Desmond Howard
August 19th, 2020 at 11:03 AM ^
“The football game is over. Michigan wins 21-16. An opportunity to claim their first undisputed national championship in half century.” — Keith Jackson, 1998 Rose Bowl
August 19th, 2020 at 11:05 AM ^
“Ummmm, uhhhh” - Brady hoke