Winning isn't just about the material things you attain, it's about being your best in all you do.
I've failed hundreds of thousands of times.
You should want to be the best at whatever your chosen field is.
If your players believe in what you're telling them, no matter how trivial the subject, no matter how important the subject, then it influences the way they behave, and that will influence results.
I think most athletes want to be told when they make a mistake. They don't want to be coddled. They can deal with criticism, especially when it's valid.
I think coaches who don't coddle but praise players when they deserve it get the best results.
At the end of the day I like winning.
I'm an anti-standard operating procedure guy.
Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership.
Losing has to be awful. You can never get used to losing. That's one of the biggest downfalls to a lot of teams.
I've never met a successful person in any walk of life - from Michael Dell to Peyton Manning to Barack Obama - that when you ask that person, 'Hey, how did you get here, and what was your road like?' They say, 'You know what? It was really easy. I slept in all the time, turned my papers in late, didn't pay attention to people and my surroundings.'
I was a Division III kid whose dad wasn't a coach.
You can't win championships without playing great defense.
If you win the turnover battle, you're gonna win more than you lose - and quite a bit more than you lose.
It's unfortunate people can twist and turn things to fit whatever narrative they'd like it to fit.
Yards don't matter. The score is all that matters.
If you win the turnover battle and the explosive play battle in the same game, you win it 98 percent of the time. Now, can you win it with only winning one and losing one? Sure, but if you lose both of 'em, you only win 2 percent of the games where that occurrence happens.
I don't take anything too seriously.
To me, Jon is not a fun name. Thomas is not a fun name.
Football is a violent, violent sport, and you have to practice that way in order to get at elite levels on Saturday, in my opinion.
