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

You lose with potential. You win with performance.

The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He's handing it out here and there, but he can't just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.

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.

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.

Confidence is only born out of one thing ­ demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times.