A football team is really just a reflection of society. You've got 118, 120 guys on the team, you got a little bit of everything.

Everybody runs, but only one wins first prize. So, run your race in such a way as to win.

Sometimes fans... they want more and more and more, and they think you win a national championship every year. It doesn't work that way.

I just think there is a right way to do things, and I don't think two wrongs make a right.

I've never really hired anybody that people thought I should hire.

I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.

When you win by three touchdowns in a state championship and you've got people who can't appreciate that? That's really sad.

I'm a big believer in the student-athlete part. I value the education and what it provides for you. Football is a vocation. Only 1.67 percent of these athletes go on to the NFL. An education provides you an opportunity for a career. A lot of people just don't get that. To say they aren't getting anything is misinformed.

For me, and I've been on record saying it, let's create two leagues: one for players who want the college football experience, and another for those that want to get paid, have the NFL help fund it, whatever. Guys who don't want to go to school to get an education, let them go to work.

For me personally, joy comes from focusing on Jesus, others, and yourself.

I always tell people, good coaches are a dime a dozen. Good coaches that are good people, good husbands, good fathers, that love their players and are passionate about doing things in a way that I believe is important, that pool gets real small.

A win is a win, and I've just always felt that way, and I've always been passionate about that.

When a guy comes unofficially, then he, to me, is sending you a message that, 'You know what? Hey, I'm interested in Clemson.' Now, he may hate it when he gets here. But at least he came on his own. That's just my personal philosophy.

My vision is for other schools to be like Clemson. My vision is to build a model program.

Everything in life is how you respond to it. If everything went perfect all the time - you never lost a game, you got to the championship every time, you always won, you always got the top recruit, you always made the A - you really wouldn't truly appreciate all that goes into it.

Let's not be miserable when we win. There's definitely people in places that, even when they win, they're not happy. That's sad.

If my coach told me to go run them bleachers, you didn't ask no questions. I turned around and started running until he said stop.

I love that about college football. I love all the funky matchups. I love the Funky Cold Medina Poulan Weed Eater Bowl. I love all of that. I like the crazy games. There's obviously a market for it because them TVs love to put it on there.

I have an MBA, but my Ph.D. is in people. Everything I do is about relationships.

I was one of those kids who watched the Bear Bryant Show every Sunday, and every time Alabama played, I was listening on the radio. I'd fight you if you talked bad about Alabama.

I'm counting every silver lining I can get.

I ain't never going to apologize for a 21-point win over a state rival, ever.

All I know is, there's nothing we can't do at Clemson. I don't have to go somewhere else to win at the highest level, to recruit great players, to have great support - I really don't. I'm just really fortunate.

Trust me, people that know me know I ain't perfect, but I do try to live my life in a way that hopefully can be pleasing to my maker because I know I'm going to meet Him one day, and He's not going to pat me on the back and talk about how many wins I had or how many Coach of the Year trophies we got or how much money I made.