I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.

Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you.

We don't pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.

To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit.

They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.