I Can Remember Loving To Recruit. I

I Have Always Tried To Teach My Players To Be Fighters. When I Say That, I Don't Mean Put Up Your Dukes And Get In A Fistfight Over Something. I'm Talking About Facing Adversity In Your Life. There Is Not A Person Alive Who Isn't Going To Have Some Awfully Bad Days In Their Lives. I Tell My Players That What I Mean By Fighting Is When Your House Burns Down, And Your Wife Runs Off With The Drummer, And You've Lost Your Job And All The Odds Are Against You. What Are You Going To Do? Most People Just Lay Down And Quit. Well, I Want My People To Fight Back.

Set Goals - High Goals For You And Your Organization. When Your Organization Has A Goal To Shoot For, You Create Teamwork, People Working For A Common Good.

Don't Ever Give Up On Ability. Don't Give Up On A Player Who Has It.

I Honestly Believe That If You Are Willing To Out-condition The Opponent, Have Confidence In Your Ability, Be More Aggressive Than Your Opponent And Have A Genuine Desire For Team Victory, You Will Become The National Champions. If You Have All The Above, You Will Acquire Confidence And Poise, And You Will Have Those Intangibles That Win The Close Ones.

Recruiting Is The One Thing I Hate. I Won't Do It Unless My Coaches Tell Me I've Just Got To. The Whole Process Is Kind Of Undignified For Me And The Young Man.