People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If theres patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.

There's nobody playing better than J.R. Sweezy

My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him.

The how-to is all about day in, day out finding a way to feed the monster, the drive that lives inside.

Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program, so you can't put anything above that, ... But it wouldn't matter who you had here if you didn't have the right mental attitude and work ethic. You need all those elements to come together to do something like we are doing.

I read a lot of different stuff, but I keep being open to inspiration.

One of my favorite guys was Ronnie Lott. I had and have such tremendous respect for him that when I finally got a chance to coach him, I couldn't get enough of uncovering and understanding what made him tick and what made him be who he was.