To be fair to Pete, I had just come off a very difficult owner relationship with my then head coach and I was looking for a different style. So I didn't give Pete all the power he should have had. I don't think there's any exact formula for how it's done. It's really what fits each individual system.
My friends said, 'You're crazy, enjoy single life. ' But that's not for me.
I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them.
I played football with my whole body - My hands, my head, my face. I did it all.
You're always going to be mad about a bad play.
Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies.
If I had to put a percentage on it - I'd say not likely.
You have to use your mind n the NFL. Every player is smarter. Defensive backs bluff and disguise coverages to try to fool you.
I said all along that God is in control.
I'm doing the exact same thing and adding a little bit more flexibility. I'm going to bench here. I'm not a kicker who's just going to hang out at practice. I'm going to be in the weight room pushing linebackers, defensive ends, tight ends. I'm going to push everyone. whatever I'm doing, I'm putting up numbers that someone else would do. Not only do I love working out, but at the same time it's able for others to maximize their potential.
They'll score if they can just get into the endzone.
Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
You are one of a kind, one in a billion, an incredible unique individual. The problem is, so is everybody else.
Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them.
No man is too good to be the athletic coach for youth.
I love doing what I do.
Only 7 percent of NFL fans have ever been inside an NFL stadium. Seven. . . have ever been inside. So the NFL is certainly about the Colosseum of Rome. It can't be a studio game.
When you care about a guy beyond just the field, that's when the chemistry becomes really special.
I was a borderline guy in the NFL.