I really admire the job that not just coach Belichick has done but that Robert Kraft and his family have done, and the decisions that they made to let Bill do what he's capable of doing. I think it's a great illustration of a way to structure an NFL organization when you let the coach really run the thing.

Every year, something happens, and it turns me in a direction about where I need to go and what I need to do to give these guys direction.

That’s the interesting thing about the philosophy — to accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small. To exist in the eternal perspective, you have to live in the moment.

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.

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.

I can't ask the offense to score slower.

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.