Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.

What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.

And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season.

He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.

If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.