Football is a violent, violent sport, and you have to practice that way in order to get at elite levels on Saturday, in my opinion.

To me, Jon is not a fun name. Thomas is not a fun name.

I don't take anything too seriously.

Greg Davis, Ron Randleman, David Bailiff, Paul Rhoads, Urban Meyer. I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of them as influences.

Yards don't matter. The score is all that matters.

It's unfortunate people can twist and turn things to fit whatever narrative they'd like it to fit.

I sleep so easy knowing that I never once lied to a player, never once lied to a recruit, and never once lied to any coaches or administration. Those are the people I care about.

You can't win championships without playing great defense.

I was a Division III kid whose dad wasn't a coach.

Losing has to be awful. You can never get used to losing. That's one of the biggest downfalls to a lot of teams.