Actually, All I Ever Wanted To Be

An Agent Won't Help You Get Drafted Higher, Won't Make You Win More Games, And Won't Make You Faster Or Stronger. They All Say They Can, But The People Who Do The Drafting Don't Talk To Agents. They Talk To Coaches, They Watch Film, They Talk To The People Who've Worked With Players. They Don't Talk To Agents.

I Think Everyone Should Experience Defeat At Least Once During Their Career. You Learn A Lot From It.

After Landing His Invasion Forces On The Shores Of Some Country, The Sixteenth-century Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes Would Immediately Burn His Own Boats. He Was Sending His Army A Message: "we Can't Turn Back. Either We Succeed Here Or We Die Here." Excuses Were Not An Option.

Had I Been A Great Athlete, I'm Not Sure I Would Have Even Gone Into Coaching. I May Have Turned Out Feeling That My Life Ended When My Athletic Career Ended, As Happens So Many Times With Various Athletes.

My First Assistant-coaching Job In Football Was At William & Mary In 1961. The Pay Wasn't Much, So To Get $300 More Per Year, I Agreed To Coach The Golf Team. I Didn't Even Know How To Keep Score, And Really, My Main Job Was Not To Wreck The Van On The Way To Tournaments.