I think I’ve got a responsibility to be home a little bit more, be available to my family a little bit more and do some things to help make our country better. I don’t know what that is right now, but we’ll see.
I’ve always talked to players about perception and reality. I don’t worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen.
It’s just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.
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.