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" The ultimate deal is: Are you winning and are you successful? The guys who've done that have had opportunities. "
Kirby Smart
Successful
You
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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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" Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players. "
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" We've got to recruit at the same level of the people who are winning titles and playing for titles, and to do that, we've got to have great facilities. "
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" I think it's what's best for that kid. Are you going to teach that kid a lesson for 10 years down the road by suspending him a game? "
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" 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. "
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" I don't believe in the coach-in-waiting thing. I don't think that works. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" I don't think I've worked a day in my life. "
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" When you step out there on the field as a corner in our system, you have to be ready to play because humility is one week away. "
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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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" When you talk about the SEC, you never get a chance to rest. "
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" 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. "
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People
School
" I think in order to push kids and coach kids the way we want to coach them, we've got to have their trust. "
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Want
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" What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing. "
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Better
Getting Better
" A team is a group of young men playing together. The program is the entirety of that. "
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" A lot of people think our standard is to be first in the SEC, be first in the country, first in our red zone, and run defense. We really don't go by that motto. We go by, 'Be the best Alabama defense there's been.' "
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" 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. "
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You
People
" I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia. "
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Recruit
Against
Georgia
" I think the growth you get from working at a place like Alabama and with a program under Nick Saban, it helps me immensely. "
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Place
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" I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.' "
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" I'm a big believer in your offensive limitations come from your quarterback. "
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" I moved seven times the first seven years I coached. "
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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. "
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" Every young man that we want to bring here to the University of Georgia, we want them to graduate from this place. "
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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. "
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" When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster. "
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" It's very rare that Georgia and Alabama are the only two teams recruiting a kid. "
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Georgia
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