I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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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I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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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.
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Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
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Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
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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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I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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I don’t want people to think I’m not happy when we win – I am. But there’s a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, ‘This is it – we conquered the world.’ We didn’t. We just won a game.
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