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I Have Always Tried To Teach My Players To Be Fighters. When I Say That, I Don't Mean Put Up Your Dukes And Get In A Fistfight Over Something. I'm Talking About Facing Adversity In Your Life. There Is Not A Person Alive Who Isn't Going To Have Some Awfully Bad Days In Their Lives. I Tell My Players That What I Mean By Fighting Is When Your House Burns Down, And Your Wife Runs Off With The Drummer, And You've Lost Your Job And All The Odds Are Against You. What Are You Going To Do? Most People Just Lay Down And Quit. Well, I Want My People To Fight Back.

The Lord Expects You To Do Some Things For Yourself.

I Ain't Never Had Much Fun. I Ain't Never Been Two Inches Away From A Football. Here Guys Go Fishing On The Day Of The Game, Hunting, Golfing, And All I Want To Do Is Be Alone, Studying How Not To Lose.

I Don't Hire Anybody Not Brighter Than I Am. If They're Not Brighter Than I Am, I Don't Need Them.

Nearly Every Coach I've Talked With Tells Me That The Attention You Get From Media And Other People Is The Thing You Miss Most. I Don't Know If That's Right.