A head coach has to be able to oversee all facets of the team and of the game.
There is a way to practice hard and be physical without pads. You can still be a physical football team and be efficient in practice without pads. The 49ers practiced like that for a long period of time in the 1980s under Bill Walsh and were extremely successful when all the other teams were practicing in pads.
You can't be a sloppy football team and be successful in the NFL.
Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
I don't want to lose the feeling I have for players, but the pro system almost causes you to be cold and insensitive, when you have to release players yearly.
An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.
The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.
I'm not really good with predicting.
I could start a fire from scratch.
In some ways 'Survivor' might have saved my life.
Of all the programs, I watch sporting events live and I watch 'Survivor' live. Everything else I TiVo.
I don't miss a minute of 'Survivor.'
Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?
I know as a coach and a player we had three a day practices and that was physically taxing but at least we had food in our stomach and a good nights rest and plenty of cold water.
