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" Our personalities are the not the same, Coach Saban and I. And I have the utmost respect for what he's done and what he's done for me and my family. "

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" The only thing that matters with my kids are them graduating and playing well, and I try to do my dangedest to get them to play well. "

" If you chart SEC champions over a 20-year period, the one consistent thing to me is you're not going to win if you don't have a quarterback. It's too critical of a position. He decides something every play. "

" Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players. "

" 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. "

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

" Change is uncomfortable. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's a lot of people who think in order to be a good head coach, you've got to be a head coach at a smaller school. "

" I've got recruits that will text and call and do everything in the middle of the night. And I'm thinking, 'I'm with my family.' But you've got to dedicate time to that, or you can't do it. "

" Let's be honest. Georgia, if you get the best players in this state, you should be winning championships. "

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

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

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

" 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?' "

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

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

" To be honest, it makes you a lot better coach when your boss is in the meeting room. You're a lot more driven every day. "

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

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

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

" It's never me against Saban, and I have too much respect for him to say that anyway. I never felt that way. "

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