“I would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.”

Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.

I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.

But the other guys that you have have to accept their leadership. They have to respond to it. That’s the chemistry that you never know how that is going to happen.

I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.

I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.

It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.

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.

I’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is… me. And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements.

There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.

Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.

Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.

What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can’t get rid of the guy. He never goes away.

When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.

One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.

Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.

I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.

There is a place in the net where the keeper cannot reach the ball.

Everybody asks if putting is like shooting free throws. It has a very similar kind of mindset. And it’s just you, the ball, and the target.

I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.

They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.

If you watch me during the game, I celebrate when we press the ball and it goes out.

I’ve always been a good ball-striker, but if you’re not a great putter, you’re not going to win a lot.