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.

When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.

Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.

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.

Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?