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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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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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Champion One Resilient Team Thing
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.
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Character Death Horrible Make People Person Scare What You
I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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Even Game Player Relax Want
I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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Being Had Help Just Lot More Punitive Success Then
I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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Certainly Hate Like Lose Really Win
All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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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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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.
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Game Go Importance Minimize Other Playoff Said Soon
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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All At Complicated Diplomatic Political Think Try
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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I don’t know that there’s any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we’ve ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get?
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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Achiever High Like Mediocre People
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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Celebrity Coach Coordinator Far People Person Responsibility Stage State
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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Damm Important Like Individual People Well When
When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
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Championship Define Every Just National Nobody Program Successful Win Year
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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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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