To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say 'two plus two is four' to every kid and be sure that we are right. But in coaching, we have to literally get to the soul of the people we are dealing with.
Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.
I'm not as concerned about me. What's happened to me has been great. I got five great kids. Seventeen grandchildren.
I really enjoyed coaching.
I don't think I deviated from what I'm all about and what I thought was important. Whether you want to call that a legacy, or whatever you want to call it.
What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.
We have to realize a kid will love us one day and hate us the next. That cannot change who we are and what we are about.
When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong.
I don't think it's fair to 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds to say 'Show us you're a winner right now!' Winning isn't everything. I'll never buy that thing that if a boy loses a football game, he's a loser in life.
