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I have a lot of respect for tough coaches.

It takes a very tough man to play defensive line at any level of football, but to be able to do it on a Division 1 level, or a professional level, it takes that intensity, that aggression, and you have to be tough.

I've had hard coaches all my life.

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.

I've always been mentally tough. Believe me, you have to be that way when you've been an Old Firm player living in Glasgow.

Military is a great place for a jock. That's the first thing they test you, they test you physically. If you can run, if you can do the pushups, it's not as hard a transition. If you can't do that, you're going to have a problem because they're going to really work it out of you or work it into you.

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.

It's hard, or you wouldn't like it. A lot of coaches really don't like what they're doing.

If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.

There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.