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I've been very fortunate to be with Coach Saban this long, learned a lot of football from him. It's been kind of the key to my personal success out of the places that I've coached.

I've seen Coach Saban over the years have to make a lot of tough decisions, and there's not one decision he doesn't make that he doesn't bounce ideas off the staff. To me, that's invaluable.

There's a lot of people who think in order to be a good head coach, you've got to be a head coach at a smaller school.

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.

I don't think about becoming a head coach. I really don't. I'm not oblivious of people who mention it. When you are in any business, people expect to aspire to the top. I guess everyone is supposed to aspire to being the man at the top of the heap. But I never have.

I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.

I don't begrudge a coach for trying to get all that he or she can. I don't resent a school feeling it needs to pay to keep top talent. I'm just afraid to think where all of this will end up because the overall impact seems to be stretching far beyond the scoreboard.

I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.