Dabo Swinney Quotes

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Dabo Swinney

Profession : Coach

Birth : November 20, 1969

I know the price I've paid to be where I am.

Dabo Swinney

I've had people say things to me like, 'Don't change.' I don't know how to be anything other than myself.

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The thing I enjoy the most about being the head coach is that I get to create the climate. I get to control the environment everybody comes to work in every day, and I'm very in tune to the chemistry, the morale of my staff, my support staff, my secretaries, the guy cleaning the building, the players, the walk-ons.

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Any time you have a Heisman-caliber player, it just - that means he's a Heisman guy for a reason. So usually, that - for your team, that means a lot of big plays. Usually, there's a lot of wins tied to those Heisman guys, that's for sure. So it's always great when you got great players.

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In recruiting, you talk about anything and everything a recruit wants to talk about that seems relevant.

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My job is to recruit the best players I can recruit. When they get here, challenge them and grow them into their best version.

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I'm counting every silver lining I can get.

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I've always really respected Mark Richt. I think he's a great man, first of all, and I think he's a great coach and a guy that truly cares about the players and always has.

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I'm a wimp. I'm from Alabama. I don't like the cold.

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I'm the biggest pansy you've ever seen.

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I'm just telling you: I don't know what the heck I'm talking about - I'm just an old funky college coach - but Deshaun Watson is the best by a long shot.

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I'm not going to apologize for having a great team and a great program and a bunch of committed guys, and Coach Saban is not, either.

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I love that about college football. I love all the funky matchups. I love the Funky Cold Medina Poulan Weed Eater Bowl. I love all of that. I like the crazy games. There's obviously a market for it because them TVs love to put it on there.

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I hate the fact that, all of a sudden now, it's not cool to go to the Gator Bowl. Are you kidding me? I don't like that mindset.

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Fans can have whatever mindset they want to have. But I don't want anything to creep into the culture of our program, because our players, they get stuff pushed at them - social media.

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I always tell people, good coaches are a dime a dozen. Good coaches that are good people, good husbands, good fathers, that love their players and are passionate about doing things in a way that I believe is important, that pool gets real small.

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Sometimes fans... they want more and more and more, and they think you win a national championship every year. It doesn't work that way.

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I was one of those kids who watched the Bear Bryant Show every Sunday, and every time Alabama played, I was listening on the radio. I'd fight you if you talked bad about Alabama.

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