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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. "
Kirby Smart
Team
Better
Getting Better
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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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" 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. "
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" I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia. "
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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 might not have a conference championship or a national championship as a head coach, but I had the recruiting factor. "
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" At the end of the day, you have to go out on the grass and perform. "
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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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" 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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" It's very important that we don't make the same mistakes twice. That's a big part of improvement. "
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Twice
Improvement
" 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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" It never stops. It's 365 recruiting. That cell phone you've got, these smartphones are the death of college coaching. "
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" How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well. "
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You
Well
" Let's be honest. Georgia, if you get the best players in this state, you should be winning championships. "
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You
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" I don't believe in the coach-in-waiting thing. I don't think that works. "
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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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Football
Men
" A team is a group of young men playing together. The program is the entirety of that. "
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Together
Young
" I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.' "
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Career
Hey
Say
" It's very rare that Georgia and Alabama are the only two teams recruiting a kid. "
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Two
Georgia
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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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You
Education
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" Change is uncomfortable. "
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Uncomfortable
Change
" 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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Man
Want
Young
" It's never me against Saban, and I have too much respect for him to say that anyway. I never felt that way. "
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Too Much
Me
Never
" When you talk about the SEC, you never get a chance to rest. "
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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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You
Think
" The ultimate deal is: Are you winning and are you successful? The guys who've done that have had opportunities. "
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You
Winning
" 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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Coach
Same
" Welcome to the world we live in as coaches. You've got to figure out what you can do best and better to get these kids a chance to be successful. I think that comes through a lot of things - confidence, improvement, recruiting. "
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Welcome
Confidence
" 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. "
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Friend
Man
" 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. "
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End
Day
" 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. "
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Goal
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