You get the job done or you don't.

The only thing I can cheer for in Philadelphia is the national anthem.

I'm sure that any current or past player of mine would tell you that the balls we practice with are as bad as they can be: wet, sticky, cold, slippery. However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.

I am who I am. In the end, I feel that what I'm accountable for is doing a good job as a football coach.

We're not polishing fine china here.

I feel like I've had a strong relationship with Robert [Kraft] and his family since I was here in 1996 and I think it's gotten stronger every year that I've been here with the Patriots. The more things we do together, talk about together, work together on, the closer we become and the more we rely on each other. I feel like our relationship is very close and continues to grow closer every year as we grow older together.

There are no shortcuts to building a team each season. You build the foundation brick by brick.