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"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."
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"This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen."
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"Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing."
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"There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him."
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"Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear."
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"I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline."
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"But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach."
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"I started out wanting to coach football."
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"You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying."
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"It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly."
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"I think that teaching coaches are the norm now."
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"Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all."
Time
"Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those."
Sports
"I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else."
Sports
"I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens."
Career
"The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing."
Winning
"I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions."
Sports
"Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit."
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"I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either."
Time
"Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right."
People
"I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be."
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