Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.

The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.

I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.

Teaching is the ability to inspire learning.

When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who's in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you're investing your time in that.