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I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
Seafood on the grill can be intimidating if you don't know what you are doing. It's really quite easy
The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.
When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.
My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
Coaching isn't a great mystery. It's Just hard work, determination, and inspiration at the right moment.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.
I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.
Believe in the hard work. Believe in the preparation. It's not a matter of if it'll work; it's a matter of when.
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become.
When you believe in yourself and the people you surround yourself with, you will win something really big someday.
If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity.
The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.
A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.
When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.
When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that.
You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback.' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up.
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.
It's better to be cautious and play it safe than regret pushing him too hard. We're supposed to get another read on it soon.
So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times.
I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.
Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
When someone deeply listens to you, your barefeet are on the earth, and a beloved land that seemed distant, is now at home within you.
If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
It's still about making a good decision. We all want to have the Reggie Bush's of the world on our football team, but it's not reality.
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.
I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
I've had a long standing relationship with Gatorade, and they've been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products; I really do.
Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients.
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.
Chips on shoulder, all that, everybody plays the game for different reasons. You've got to prove yourself every time you go out there. That's the reality.
I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.
I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.
No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink.
We might have the worst bunch of guys together we've ever seen as a football team. I don't know what anybody else has, but I'd trade mine with anybody, sight unseen.
The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He's handing it out here and there, but he can't just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
I just coach the way I was coached when I was young, in my formative years. I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.