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.

I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.

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.

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 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.

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.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.