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.

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.

Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.

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.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.