Troy Polamalu was a fascinating player, and that made him.

If you want to win forever, you've got to ALWAYS COMPETE.

It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach.

I love Larry Bird, but I don't agree with him. I love him and respect everything about him. I learned a long time ago, and I've made this statement: Coaches don't lose their expertise and ability to make the calls.

The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.

Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make it available to our players, there's no end to that. That's why the thought is that you're either competing or you're not, and that's why I'm learning and searching and trying to transfer information to our coaches and to our players.

Regardless of what other stigmas may be involved, I think we have to do this because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they're coming to some conclusions.