It’s a free country. I know we have a lot of regulations in the world right now in what we can and can’t do. I would rather our people be responsible and not have to be regulated.
NICK SABANRex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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The way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something, don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.
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You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It’s hard to control all the variables, especially with the salary cap and things like that, in pro football.
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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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You can’t keep your team together, and you are going to have more changes all the time. Personnel decisions aren’t always made by you, especially who you bring to your team.
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I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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