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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. "
Kirby Smart
Ready
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Humility
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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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" There's nothing worse than recruiting a player and then leaving the player. "
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" I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster. "
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" I think, as a coach, you have to be willing to do what's best for the player. And you say what's best for the player: is it better to give him a game suspension, three-game suspension, no suspension. I think each case may be different in that. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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