Coach

When you talk about domestic violence, it's not just athletes that are involved in it. Our society has really done a poor job of addressing it. And it needs to come to the forefront.

One thing you know about playoff competition is this: If you have a hot quarterback and your defense can take the ball away, you don't need to have a dominant defense anymore.

When you become an athlete, you live in this bubble. You're in the world, but you're not in the world.

I believe you bet on yourself and you commit to something and you give all your energy and effort to it, and that's what I've done my whole life.

I'm Catholic now, I'm Christian, watch out for them Devils.

You have an obligation as a player - as an athlete at any level - and it doesn't matter what sport it is. When you sign on, you sign on. You prepare that week to go win. I don't care about your schedule, or how many people got hurt - it doesn't matter. You owe it to the people in the building and guys in the huddle to prepare yourself to win.

When you're on TV, you're still coaching, believe it or not. You're just coaching America, you're not coaching one team.

I'm a neat freak.

You add a good receiver and that will take pressure off your quarterback.

I was a bit of a rebel when I was young.

If you draft a player to be a backup, why did you draft him? You're drafting a guy because you think he's worthy of being drafted at that spot, but you're also drafting him because you think he can compete. If you're going to say, 'This guy's a backup,' - really? That doesn't make any sense to me.

I'm big on integrity.

There's good times and bad times. That's part of the coaching. You live with the ups and downs of it but at the end, it's about not only winning games, it's about developing men.

In life, there's second chances. But that doesn't mean everyone gets a second chance with your team. That's where your moral compass comes in.

The players think it's all about them! It's not about them - it's about the game of football, man!

When it gets going bad and it gets going to where all these things are happening around you, the thing that stands out most is your character. You have to make sure you keep your character and your wits about you, because at the end of the day, it might be bad for a little while, but if you're a good coach it all works out.

I think I bring a good perspective because I did a lot of things in the NFL - player, head coach, assistant and scout.

To be quite honest, and anybody will tell you, growing up I was going to be a pro athlete. I didn't have any option. That was my way out.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

It has to be the right fit. Coaching is about fits.