-Be competitive and have fun. Recruiting should be both challenging and fun. People who cannot live with losing will be great recruiters. Anybody can recruit a relative or best friend, but it takes a great competitor to recruit the outstanding player.
-Evaluate potential players well. Make sure you know that he can (and wants to) be a winner. Search for the right talent and attitude.
-Persist! Somewhere in this country there are twenty-five(or 30 if you areOle Miss)outstanding student-athletes who have a desire to attend the University. We cannot become discouraged when a young man decides to attend another school, but we must be willing to find an equally good athlete who wants our school. We must be willing to tap on enough doors to reach our quota.
-Be honest. I do not want to promise any athlete something we can not produce. It is really dangerous to have them select our school and then find out we lied. We must be honest. We want to expose our school in the most favorable light possible, but we do not want them to come to our school because of I.O.U’s.
-Get to know the player’s high school coach. Help him all we can. Communicate with him consistently.
-Stay positive. Never recruit negatively. Sell our school. Do not downgrade our opposition.
-If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. Mark Twain (1835-1910)