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" 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

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" I felt like I was selling a product of the University of Georgia that's really special and really special to me as far as the education you can get, the development you can get, and the league we play in. That's what I've sold. "

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Kirby Smart

Decisions

Pressure

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" 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?' "

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" When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster. "

Kirby Smart

Know

Your

" It's very important that we don't make the same mistakes twice. That's a big part of improvement. "

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

" A team is a group of young men playing together. The program is the entirety of that. "

" I think in order to push kids and coach kids the way we want to coach them, we've got to have their trust. "

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

" 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. "

" How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well. "

" I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.' "

" What you have success with, you feel comfortable with, you always rely on that a little bit. "

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