You know, if I've done anything right, it has been hiring the right people.
I just love to play football and enjoy it.
No one wants to hear that, but life changes. If it changes, you have to change with it, to whatever degree.
I think proximity in recruiting matters the most.
I'm thankful that my career at Oklahoma was marked with consistent leadership in president David Boren and director of athletics Joe Castiglione.
Sometimes with these big long guys who are really athletic, you don't know when they're going to stop growing.
There has to be measures for players to know the consequences for their actions.
I've been with some great head coaches, but also some great assistant coaches, too.
I'm especially thankful for being able to coach so many talented young men over my 18 years here. It has been so rewarding to see these players come to OU and mature over a four- or five-year career, and not just on the field. To play a small part in their growth is what I will always cherish the most.
I've just been around a lot of just quality coaches that I've learned from.
Coach Spurrier was just an amazing competitor. I felt I learned to really love the competition of it all from watching him and being around him. All his assistant coaches were great recruiters, very professional in how they handled their business. So as a young guy, I got to see that all the time.
Coach Snyder was just a determined guy. I was at the ground floor at Kansas State. I learned a lot from that experience.
Team chemistry is what really matters, your team chemistry and team toughness.
I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.
I love Jim Tressel. I think he's a fabulous guy. He's overall been a strong example for all coaches.
Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.
It's impossible to know what everyone does behind closed doors. Even in families, you don't know sometimes what's going on.
At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That's it. We can't possibly know everything that happens.
Anytime you win 10 games, let's look around the world, the country, and there's not a lot that do it consistently.
No, I'm never pleased if we don't win some type of championship, meaning Big 12 or national.
