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Pete Carroll Biography

Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951) is an American football coach who is the head coach and executive vice president of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and the USC Trojans of the University of Southern California (USC). Carroll is one of only three football coaches who have won both a Super Bowl and a college football national championship. Carroll is the oldest head coach currently working in the NFL.

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Congrats to Clare Farnsworth on a legendary career! One of the all-time great Seahawks! We will miss you Clare!

Career, Careers, Congrats, Missing, Seahawks, We Will Miss You

It’s simple, really: Be great right now so that you can be great later on.

Right, Right Now, Simple

Regardless of what other stigmas may be involved, I think we have to do this because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they're coming to some conclusions.

Involved, Medicine, Same, Thing, Thinking, Trying

We live in a world that needs entertainment. And that entertainment has to be provided by men who sweat and bleed.

Men, Needs, Sweat

Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know whats going to happen next.

Fun, School, Teacher, Wanting

Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.

Football, Player, Rid, Thinking

That’s the interesting thing about the philosophy — to accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small. To exist in the eternal perspective, you have to live in the moment.

Exist, Interesting, Perspective, Philosophy, Thing

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.

Coaches, Nfl, Player, Proportions, Right, Teacher

So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after.

Challenges, Greater, Like, Play

I just don’t feel like you can have enough speed pass rushers on your club.

Club, Clubs, Like You, Rushers, Speed

It's not that you're not smart anymore; it's that you're unwilling to do it. Coaches who coach know what I'm talking about. You just keep battling to help your coaches and your players, to refine your scheme, to break down your opponent, to find ways to travel and take care of your players.

Coach, Player, Scheme, Smart, Talking, Ways

I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever.

Competing, Everything, Practice, Talking, Winning

One of my favorite guys was Ronnie Lott. I had and have such tremendous respect for him that when I finally got a chance to coach him, I couldn't get enough of uncovering and understanding what made him tick and what made him be who he was.

Chance, Guy, Lott, Respect, Understanding

I love Larry Bird, but I don't agree with him. I love him and respect everything about him. I learned a long time ago, and I've made this statement: Coaches don't lose their expertise and ability to make the calls.

Agree, Bird, Expertise, I Love Him, Long

Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.

Confidence, Mindset, Preparation, Wilson

I'm telling you what I'm telling you. I will go wherever I have to go, listen to whoever I have to listen to. Whether it's a player or it's a coach. Whether it's a corporate leader, a political leader or it's the guy sitting on the corner. It doesn't matter to me; I'm on, I'll go wherever.

Guy, Leader, Player, Sitting

You do what you have to do to compete, and that takes you to places where you are in a relentless state to find an edge and compete. That mentality keeps you on and on point. The how is following the drive, being resourceful and creative.

Creative, Relentless, Resourceful, State, States

I learned a tremendous amount about what was important to me as a head coach in that I was not in charge. I didn't have final say about what was going on, and I was always having to represent other people's views, and it was very difficult to be real, to be authentic, to be true because there were a number of people who had say about what was going on.

Coach, Head, Numbers, Real, Tremendous, Views

The only competition that matters is the one that takes place within yourself.

Competition, Matter, Matters, Place, Takes

Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make it available to our players, there's no end to that. That's why the thought is that you're either competing or you're not, and that's why I'm learning and searching and trying to transfer information to our coaches and to our players.

Available, Information, Learning, Philosophy, Player, Trying

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