It wasn't the ghetto here or anything like that. But it got rough. I'll put it this way. I always knew where I lived. I always knew I was in Seaside. That wasn't plush. I wasn't in Monterey. I wasn't in Carmel. I was in Seaside. I knew what that meant.
My father gave me discipline.
The job of the offense is not to score points. The job of the defense is not to stop the other team from scoring points.
That's the great thing about sports: You play to win, and I don't care if you don't have any wins. You go play to win. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire. Get out. 'Cause it matters.
When you talk about domestic violence, it's not just athletes that are involved in it. Our society has really done a poor job of addressing it. And it needs to come to the forefront.
Oh, I still get a little anxiety when I'm doing NFL live for ESPN.
As you get older, the quality of life is more important.
The one thing I've tried to do is be insightful.
The thing about wisdom is you store the past in your head.
I've worn a lot of hats in the NFL.
I want to spend more time with my two daughters.
Being a part of the NFL for 30 years was a blessing.
I'm big on integrity.
When you lose a good player, it's like losing a quarterback.
When it gets going bad and it gets going to where all these things are happening around you, the thing that stands out most is your character. You have to make sure you keep your character and your wits about you, because at the end of the day, it might be bad for a little while, but if you're a good coach it all works out.
Believe in what you do and keep working hard and you can't take what people say personally, because if you do it'll eat at you.
People are going to take shots at you for everything you did bad, and they forget about all the good things you did. They do it to everyone. They're going to do it to me, they've done it to all of them. They did it to Tom Landry. Are you kidding me? Tom Landry? With the fedora? Come on. They did it to Tom Landry.
And when you're a coach your main concern is the players and the coaches. The last concern you have is really about yourself.
I was a guy that worked out early in the morning.
Training camp gets long when you compete against your own guys.
