One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
NICK SABANGeorge 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 feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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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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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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There’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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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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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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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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I think center is a critical position.
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We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
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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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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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