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" Every college coach I talk to won't say it on record, but everyone's thinking, 'Should I go to the league?' Because you don't have the same requirements. It's different. The hours are different. "

Kirby Smart

Coach

You

Thinking

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" I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia. "

" A lot of people have said, 'Why not take a smaller school head job?' I honestly feel my growth was better being in a large program, being around Coach Saban, and learning how to manage a lot of the tough situations you deal with in the media. "

" It never stops. It's 365 recruiting. That cell phone you've got, these smartphones are the death of college coaching. "

" Change is uncomfortable. "

Kirby Smart

Uncomfortable

Change

" Every day I pull into that parking spot that says 'Head Football Coach,' I get out of my car and pinch myself sometimes, just to make sure it's real, sort of like, 'Is this really happening?' "

" Coach Saban's a great coach; he does it his way, and I have to do it my way. I have to cut my own cloth. "

" My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can. "

" It's hard to say that it gets any better to be at your alma mater and run a major college football program. "

" It's always a danger when you've got a great quarterback that throws the ball well, that scrambles well. You may push him into his asset. You may force him to do what he does best. So you've got to be able to throw curveballs and stop the pass as much as stop the run. "

" I've seen Coach Saban over the years have to make a lot of tough decisions, and there's not one decision he doesn't make that he doesn't bounce ideas off the staff. To me, that's invaluable. "

Kirby Smart

Decision

Tough

" To me, personally, my development to become a head coach will be much better working for Coach Saban than necessarily going somewhere else because you learn every day that you're in there. "

" The amount of pressure that I've put on myself as a defensive coordinator for the last 10, 11 years, I really believe there's a lot more decisions that go into that position than the head coach. "

Kirby Smart

Decisions

Pressure

" What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing. "

" My family's so happy in Tuscaloosa. My wife loves it. "

" It's a lot more important to get quality young men and good student-athletes that can be successful at the University of Georgia. That's my No. 1 goal. "

" I think you never leave what you learn. "

" I don't think I've worked a day in my life. "

" At the end of the day, if you're not beating the teams on the road recruiting that you have to beat on the field, then you're probably not going to win many championships. "

" I might not have a conference championship or a national championship as a head coach, but I had the recruiting factor. "

" When you talk about the SEC, you never get a chance to rest. "

" I'm a big believer in your offensive limitations come from your quarterback. "

" Welcome to the world we live in as coaches. You've got to figure out what you can do best and better to get these kids a chance to be successful. I think that comes through a lot of things - confidence, improvement, recruiting. "

" Coach Richt is a good friend of mine. I respect Coach Richt and worked for him for a year and respect the man he is and respect what he stands for. "

" I moved seven times the first seven years I coached. "

" I always felt like, one of the niches is if you can recruit the SEC, you can be a head coach in the SEC. "

Kirby Smart

You

Always

" I don't believe in the coach-in-waiting thing. I don't think that works. "

" There's nothing worse than recruiting a player and then leaving the player. "

" Every young man that we want to bring here to the University of Georgia, we want them to graduate from this place. "