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It's been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it's personally, academically, or athletically.

I have never played a game for the national title. Our goals always have been to win the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl. If we do that, then we consider it a successful season.

It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship.

To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.

I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.

Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.

I think success is the biggest challenge you have to handle in the National Football League; that's something we talk about a lot.

If you have the right horses and the right team, that's the way to succeed. But you have to work, and you have to improve. Every year, you must get better.

There's a handful of teams that have a revolving door, that are changing coaches every couple of years, and you can look at the success that they're having. They're not.

Any form of a winning record in the conference is an accomplishment.