It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.
I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.
I know that not everybody gets to coach an NFL team, and I want to do that as well as I can all the time. That's my motivation. I want to help my players to be as good as they can be.
When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.'
What did you have the potential to do? And if you came close to that, if you maximized that, then you were a success in God's eyes. So many of us do things that the world would say is successful, but we have so much more potential.
Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.
We've got guys who aren't wrapping guys up... No matter how hard you hit them, you've still got to wrap them up.
That's the difference between the NCAA and the NFL right now. They've got to step up and say, 'We're going to do the right thing. We're going to hire qualified people. We're going to hire the best man for the job regardless of what boosters or anyone else has to say.'
If someone needs help, I can offer advice. I'm not always right and people don't always listen.
I just think winners win. And guys who won all the way through high school and college, the best player at every level, they have a way of making things happen and winning games.
As humans, we don't know what we should do. We don't have those instincts like God has given animals. We have to see to know where we are going. It is just a natural human emotion to look for people to emulate.
Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League.
We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.
Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it.
My dad, who was a teacher, used to tell me that a teacher's goal should be for every one of their students to get an A. If that's your goal every day - to make every student or player learn - then it doesn't matter if you won last year or didn't win. When next year's team shows up, I try to help every player become as good as they can be.
We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.
We want to enjoy our families and the hype leading up to the game.
But I know I have a son who doesn't listen to anything I say and if he hears the same thing from someone else, sometimes it has a little more impact.
I just don't think you pass on a great quarterback if you have the opportunity. If need be, you can trade it away.
When I was15 years old, I couldn't look at the NFL and look on TV and say, 'Boy, there's a head coach, African American. That's something I'd like to do.'
