I just think winners win. And guys who won all the way through high school and college, the best player at every level, they have a way of making things happen and winning games.
Integrity, the choice between what’s convenient and what’s right.
You never know what’s going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never.
There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.
At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.
And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.
What’s important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.
I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn’t be coaching as much.
We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.
For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.
I found that while life drags on when you’re losing, it marches on when you’re winning.
We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.
We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.
I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match.
I would want America to know our kids need us. Spend as much time with your kids as you can. Enjoy them. Be with them. Hug your children; You never know when it will be the last time.
I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God’s timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.
I learned it doesn’t matter how you win. You play to your team’s strength.
If I can’t get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?
Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems.
What will people remember us for? Are other people’s lives better because we lived? Did we make a difference? Did we use to the fullest the gifts and abilities God gave us? Did we give our best effort, and did we do it for the right reasons?