Winning is fun.
— Lane Kiffin
I think as you make mistakes, the No. 1 thing you've got to do is learn from them and not just make excuses for them. I've made more than anybody, probably.
When God gives you a second chance, it's not something you take for granted.
Everything we own really belongs to God, we are just renting it, and when we die those things are going to become somebody else's possessions.
I like to make people laugh.
I've always valued more where I work for and the fans and the current players than what the national perception is of me.
I make mistakes, and sometimes in split seconds. Then seconds later I know how wrong I was.
People's perception changes so fast. You win, and people say, 'Well, he had all of those sanctions at USC, and that's why he lost.' You lose, and, 'OK, he's a bad head coach, and he's just a good play-caller wherever he has been.'
I know I rubbed people the wrong way.
I'm not really big on humiliating assistant coaches in front of everybody.
People always say, 'Do you get bothered by what people say or blog or write about you?' I only do if I know them. If I know them, and I have a relationship with them and they write that, then that would surprise me a lot. Usually the people writing the negative stuff don't know me at all.
I really enjoy challenges.
I always try to find better ways to do things. Whether it's a game plan, a practice, a meeting, an interview, whatever it is. I'm going to find a way to find a way to analyze it and find a better way to do it. That's my mindset. I've never been satisfied with anything. That's just my mindset. I'm always trying to find a better way to do things.
I don't think you've done something by getting a job. I think you've done something by proving you can succeed at that job.
You know what I didn't realize at the time is a really good blessing, is that I was a really crappy player.
I just like to have fun with the fans.
Obviously I love coaching. It's what I've done my whole life.
You want a job where the pressure is on and expectations are high.
You don't win championships by having the cheapest budget.
I have begun to realize just how amazing God's plan can be.
There's not a day goes by that I don't ask, What would Coach Saban do?
I don't really think before I tweet.
That's what I expect from the players - perfection.
I'm always willing to look at my actions, and do them better.
I don't think there's a person out there who can say they haven't done something they regret.
Other kids were watching John Elway. I was watching Tom Landry.
In the end what matters is, do you develop your team, do you win games and do you graduate your players.
If there's a group of articles written about me, I can usually tell the difference if someone's writing an article and they know me from someone who doesn't know me. They're usually very different.
I'd like to think I'm always going to defend our players.
Coaching was always intriguing to me as a kid. Watching 'Monday Night Football' with my dad and hearing him talk through the game management and watching the Tom Landrys and Don Shulas on the sideline was more intriguing to me than watching Troy Aikman or Dan Marino throw the ball.
I guess I should say I like to do things that people say you can't do.
In college I was so mad I wasn't playing. The two guys in front of me were Billy Volek and David Carr, but I just realized that was a blessing in disguise, that I was so bad and I never played, so my brain's good.
You can't troll somebody who doesn't see it.
Any experience you have, there are good parts of it and bad parts, and you have to learn from the bad parts and the mistakes that you've made.
To be able to go through what I've gone through and still be fortunate before the age of 40 to still be here to be offensive coordinator with Coach Saban at Alabama, you take some time to reflect on that.
You never want your dad to introduce you to a girl.
I don't know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.
Three years under Saban changed me. He's the best coach in the world at what he does.
I should have been paying Coach Saban instead of them paying me because of the amount of knowledge that you learn in three years, and you view 'The Process.'
In general, I do not feel the media is very positive toward game performances unless the players play perfectly.
We aspire to be like Jim Harbaugh. No, seriously, he does a great job.
If something comes on the radio or in print, I don't think there are any facts to it at all until someone shows some proof.
When you're little you either want to be like your dad or be directly opposite.
You have to be yourself. You can't pretend to be somebody else.
I think of things as competition when people say you can't do something.
As far as the bowl games, I don't think the players really play for that. Not at USC.
Anybody can get a job, but what do you do when you have it?
I just like to do things that aren't supposed to be done.
This profession, I don't know why, you're supposed to be so serious and just be so proper.
A Tennessee fan mailed me things I signed for him because they said they don't want this trash in their house. So they mailed it back to me.
