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.

Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.

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.

The media dwells mostly on negativity.

A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart

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.

I love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week. There's no grey area, there's instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We're not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.