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I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it.

We go out to practice every single day and we have fun out there, but at the same time, we're getting work done. We're going hard. If it's reps for the scout team, we're giving them good reps. If we're getting reps for the first team as a tight end group as a whole, we try and go out there and put our best out there as a group effort.

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

Usually, I can get the job done with guys in scoring position.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

In those one-off games, everyone can do those, but you put together a six, seven-game tournament, the strong survive. For me to still feel good from beginning to end, that's a testament to how I train and what I do.

I come to spring training and just try to do my job, try to do the best I can. That's all any player can do.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.