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.
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Rex 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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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
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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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I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
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It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
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When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
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You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It’s not just the job. A lot of people don’t get that. My life is here.
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First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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