Bill Belichick

If there is something that's your passion when you're young, do it. Let everything else take care of itself. ”

Game management, game decisions, adjustments, seeing things during games - it's all important. ”

If you're well-prepared, you know what you're doing, and you have an idea what the opponents can do - what their strengths and weaknesses are - once you get into the game, those adjustments will be - I won't say easy, but relatively easier and more manageable. ”

A lot of performance is based on confidence, knowing what you're doing, and being familiar, and not thinking too much and trying to play at confident game speed. ”

Every single player matters. Every single player can change the course of the game. ”

Things happen so quickly. We don't have time for one person to tell everybody what to do. Everybody needs to know what to do in those situations. ”

You go to the draft board and think, 'Here's a nose tackle. Who needs a nose tackle?' Well, eight teams in front of you need a nose tackle, and there's two nose tackles. It's something you have to figure out where you can get the players to play in your system. ”

It's not all about talent. It's about dependability, consistency, and being able to improve. If you work hard and you're coachable, and you understand what you need to do, you can improve. ”

You have to go with the person who you have the most confidence in, the most consistent. And if it doesn't work, it doesn't work, but I'm going down with that person. ”

The more you and the organization can help take care of personal situations, the smoother the ship runs on the football end. ”