You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.

You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.

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

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.

Success is not forever, and failure is never final.

The start is what stops most people.

Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table.