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In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.

I started out wanting to coach football.

I started playing quarterback my junior year of high school.

I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.

Well, I've learned a lot from Bill Belichick. I've said time and time again, before I got to New England, I thought I knew a lot about football. But I think he taught me a lot from A to Z. I still carry it to this day.