"I would say that we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible. Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this."
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"So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after."
"I read a lot of different stuff, but I keep being open to inspiration."
"He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players."
"I will always be interested in the truth, yeah."
"My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him."
"My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts."
"I love Larry Bird, but I don't agree with him. I love him and respect everything about him. I learned a long time ago, and I've made this statement: Coaches don't lose their expertise and ability to make the calls."
"Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make it available to our players, there's no end to that. That's why the thought is that you're either competing or you're not, and that's why I'm learning and searching and trying to transfer information to our coaches and to our players."
"I can't ask the offense to score slower."
"I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early."
"It's not that you're not smart anymore; it's that you're unwilling to do it. Coaches who coach know what I'm talking about. You just keep battling to help your coaches and your players, to refine your scheme, to break down your opponent, to find ways to travel and take care of your players."
"I just don’t feel like you can have enough speed pass rushers on your club."
"Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore."
"Each nanosecond of history branches off into an infinite amount of parallel universes."
"We live in a world that needs entertainment. And that entertainment has to be provided by men who sweat and bleed."
"The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around."
"There's nobody playing better than J.R. Sweezy"
"I think the stress of having to continue to fight the fight day in and day out, whatever it is, that which keeps you driving. You can get to a place where you no longer want to do that."
"I'm telling you what I'm telling you. I will go wherever I have to go, listen to whoever I have to listen to. Whether it's a player or it's a coach. Whether it's a corporate leader, a political leader or it's the guy sitting on the corner. It doesn't matter to me; I'm on, I'll go wherever."