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" The best leaders are following Christ. That's the best leader you can follow. "

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" To win those big games you're going to have to complete some third-down passes, you're going to have to be able to get some explosive games in the passing game. "

" We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know. "

" The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is. "

" I just don't think you pass on a great quarterback if you have the opportunity. If need be, you can trade it away. "

" When I played at Minnesota, Green Bay, those northern cities, Buffalo, they wanted to have those championship games at home. It was going to be an advantage to be there with their fans and the cold weather and all that. But when you've got a Super Bowl, and it's the two best teams, you want ideal conditions. You want to play a great game. "

" The Lord doesn't always take you in a straight line. He tests you sometimes. "

" Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with. "

" As big a deal as the Super Bowl is, it's not the most important thing going on in the planet. "

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" When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.' "

" But I know I have a son who doesn't listen to anything I say and if he hears the same thing from someone else, sometimes it has a little more impact. "

" You should never be defined by what you do, by the things you have; you've got to define yourself by who you are and who you impact and how you impact people. And that's the thing I try to get across to my players. "

" I've said all along that God is in control. "

" I know when I was an assistant coach and I started interviewing for head coaching jobs, I actually lost out on many jobs, several jobs, and the complaint that I got was, 'Well, he doesn't fit the mold of a head coach. He doesn't look the part. He's not gonna jump up and down. He's not going to scream.' "

" We need somebody to give us a chance. "

" We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best. "

" What did you have the potential to do? And if you came close to that, if you maximized that, then you were a success in God's eyes. So many of us do things that the world would say is successful, but we have so much more potential. "

" All Pro Dad is an organization that started down in Tampa in 1997. And it was just a group of us who felt like we weren't doing as good a job as our fathers did in connecting with kids and being there and being involved in their lives, working and coaching and spending all the time we had to. We just felt badly. "

" But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives. "

" I got put into leadership roles very early in life from fifth grade, sixth grade. I always ended up being the quarterback or the leader of the sports teams, and it's kind of benefiting me now. "

" The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better. "

" That's the key to defending any quarterback: to make them throw before they want to throw. "

" I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done. "

" I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up. "

" You're born with some things inside you that will allow you to lead, but I think you have to take the bull by the horns. You have to want that leadership position, and then there are things you can do to develop that. "

" I think I've got a responsibility to be home a little bit more, be available to my family a little bit more and do some things to help make our country better. I don't know what that is right now, but we'll see. "

" Most of the books I remember from my childhood were Dr. Seuss-type books. They were fun to read, but there wasn't a real story behind them. "

" Lovie Smith and I are not only the first two African-Americans but Christian coaches showing that you can win doing it the Lord's way and we're more proud of that. "