All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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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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I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month.
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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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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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I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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I would call them, whether it’s a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that’s not really a home game for them.
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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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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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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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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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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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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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