When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.

You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely.

When you coach as long as I did, you can’t help but miss those Saturdays – dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.

As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player’s life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I’ll never coach again. It’s still hard to go into the stadium on a game day, because it’s hard to just be a fan. But it’s easier now than it was the first two or three years.

Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It’s a little unfair, but that’s the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.

I’ll bring in outsiders to evaluate state agencies. They can sometimes see what we can’t.

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I’m done.

You can tell by looking at me that I’ve got more miles behind me than I’ve got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you’ve got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely.

Everybody’s got to do what they’ve got to do.