It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

The ability of a defense to dominate and stop the run forces you into a one-dimensional game. You come out wanting to play ball control, field position, but by the second quarter, you're down by 17 and you're forced to throw.

They've got it over the hump. They've got it established. As long as they've got great senior leadership, it will continue to happen.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.