” The greatest thing I could say about my son, and this is what you always worry about with your kids, that they kinda outgrow their Mom and Dad. But for him, when I see him, when he calls me Dad, and he can still hug me, he’s still like my little boy. Even around his friends, he still calls me Dad. “
” You add a good receiver and that will take pressure off your quarterback. “
” College has become a wide-open game – a lot of short passes, quick passes. Then you go to the pros and it’s a whole different ballgame – things are happening faster, the patterns have to be more precise. Getting off the line of scrimmage is more difficult. “
” I believe this, we are all gifted for the talent – God blesses everybody with a talent. Mine was to play football. Some are to be scientists. Some are to be doctors. Sometimes because of the situation you grow up in, you can never display your talent because you can’t get out of that situation. “
” If you draft a player to be a backup, why did you draft him? You’re drafting a guy because you think he’s worthy of being drafted at that spot, but you’re also drafting him because you think he can compete. If you’re going to say, ‘This guy’s a backup,’ – really? That doesn’t make any sense to me. “
” As a coach, you’re like a teacher. You don’t give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information. “
” I’ve always said that your attitude is your best friend and your worst enemy. “
” You don’t want an emotional team, you want a passionate team. “
” I believe you bet on yourself and you commit to something and you give all your energy and effort to it, and that’s what I’ve done my whole life. “
” When you’re on TV, you’re still coaching, believe it or not. You’re just coaching America, you’re not coaching one team. “
” I competed every day as a professional football player… You’ve got to like competing. That’s how your team gets better, when you have competition every day. “
” The thing you miss most, when you don’t play and you don’t coach, is the huddle. You miss the huddle. You miss the ability to walk in the room where collectively players are from everywhere. Every race, every religion, every color. It don’t matter, because you’ve got a common goal. You’re trying to be something special as a team. “
” You’re in pro football, it’s kind of interesting, because when you win, you draft last. In college football, you recruit. You gotta go after guys. “
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