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" We want to enjoy our families and the hype leading up to the game. "

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" Football was really my least favorite sport and the last sport that I ended up picking up as a kid. My dad started me off with baseball, which most kids did at that time. I really enjoyed basketball. That was my favorite sport. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live. "

" I had 10 to 12 close buddies who I played ball with all the way from elementary to high school. That is where I learned to compete. "

" I know that not everybody gets to coach an NFL team, and I want to do that as well as I can all the time. That's my motivation. I want to help my players to be as good as they can be. "

" That's the difference between the NCAA and the NFL right now. They've got to step up and say, 'We're going to do the right thing. We're going to hire qualified people. We're going to hire the best man for the job regardless of what boosters or anyone else has to say.' "

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

" 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. "

" If someone needs help, I can offer advice. I'm not always right and people don't always listen. "

" 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. "

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

" If people didn't know me and only knew my public persona, what I'd want them to know is everything that I do, I do for the Glory of Lord. Because of my Christian faith, that's who I am. I wasn't always that way, but I'm very proud that I am. "

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

" We have so many young men, especially, who are growing up without their dads. We have to fill that void. We have to do a better job helping young people see what it means to be a man, what it means to be a woman. And then, somehow, we have to put that family structure back together. "

" You can have an impact anywhere you are. "

" Balance provides the chance for longevity. You can be a champion at work and at home. "

" 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. "

" Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems. "

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

" The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more. "

" As a young kid, I had a great background. My grandfather was a minister; I have two uncles that were ministers, and so I had that spiritual background. I accepted Christ early as a kid. "

" Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League. "

" 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. "

" My heart's toward youth ministry, but I don't know. I never would have thought I would have written a book. And God kind of directed that. So we'll see what the next is. "

" 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. "

" It's definitely harder being a dad than a coach. "

" You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never. "

" 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. "