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.

Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked

You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.

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.

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