It never stops. It's 365 recruiting. That cell phone you've got, these smartphones are the death of college coaching.
It's very important that we don't make the same mistakes twice. That's a big part of improvement.
I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.'
A lot of people think our standard is to be first in the SEC, be first in the country, first in our red zone, and run defense. We really don't go by that motto. We go by, 'Be the best Alabama defense there's been.'
I've seen Coach Saban over the years have to make a lot of tough decisions, and there's not one decision he doesn't make that he doesn't bounce ideas off the staff. To me, that's invaluable.
Welcome to the world we live in as coaches. You've got to figure out what you can do best and better to get these kids a chance to be successful. I think that comes through a lot of things - confidence, improvement, recruiting.
I felt like I was selling a product of the University of Georgia that's really special and really special to me as far as the education you can get, the development you can get, and the league we play in. That's what I've sold.
When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster.
Coach Saban's a great coach; he does it his way, and I have to do it my way. I have to cut my own cloth.
I think in order to push kids and coach kids the way we want to coach them, we've got to have their trust.
My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.
At the end of the day, you have to go out on the grass and perform.
The ultimate deal is: Are you winning and are you successful? The guys who've done that have had opportunities.
Every young man that we want to bring here to the University of Georgia, we want them to graduate from this place.
Every day I pull into that parking spot that says 'Head Football Coach,' I get out of my car and pinch myself sometimes, just to make sure it's real, sort of like, 'Is this really happening?'
My family's so happy in Tuscaloosa. My wife loves it.
I think, as a coach, you have to be willing to do what's best for the player. And you say what's best for the player: is it better to give him a game suspension, three-game suspension, no suspension. I think each case may be different in that.
I've got recruits that will text and call and do everything in the middle of the night. And I'm thinking, 'I'm with my family.' But you've got to dedicate time to that, or you can't do it.
I don't think I've worked a day in my life.
I think it's what's best for that kid. Are you going to teach that kid a lesson for 10 years down the road by suspending him a game?
