A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is contained within victory. That's the way it is in the best of games. What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

There has to be some self-denial.

I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not a kid going to a football game. I'm excited.

What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

You're only as happy as your least happy child.