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.

All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.

Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.

If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.

I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.

In the end, I've found, people like the direct approach. It's much more valuable to them to have a leader who's absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.