Last time I checked, there is no ‘Hall of Average.’

I think there’s a lot of different things that factor into playing good defense, and you just can’t say, “All right, if we just hold on to the ball long enough, we’re going to play good defense.”

Wherever you’re coaching or playing right now is the Big Time.

You have to run the football and stop the run, no matter what level you play at, whether it’s high school, college or professional ranks. I’m a firm believer in that.

It doesn’t hurt me. I’m not governed by the fear of what other people say. Events don’t elicit feelings; I think beliefs elicit feelings, and I understand what my beliefs are and I know how I am.

I think sometimes when you look long term, you kind of forget to take care of what you have to take care of on a daily basis. We’re into short-term goals more than long-term goals.

I don’t think anybody has a ceiling. Everybody can constantly improve.

People don't know what you're doing. We can line him up at receiver and if a smaller defender tries to cover him, that's a big mismatch. You get in the red zone, down near the goal line, and he becomes a real big factor if you can get him matched up with smaller defensive backs. . . . It's head and shoulders when you say who's the top tight end in the league in terms of getting the ball to a tight end and letting him do some things.

There are a lot of very, very talented kids out there. It's not just a one-man show.

We have an attack mindset from the get-go. We're going to try to pressure you in as many ways as we can, from the tempo we play at to the formations we run.