All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.

Success is never final, but failure can be.

I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.

Some guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on.

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!

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

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.