Dabo Swinney
The key to coaching is love. It's not knowledge; it's not discipline. If you love 'em, you can discipline them. If you love 'em, you can yell at them and laugh about it later.Collection: Knowledge
I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.Collection: Thankful
There's a lot of good police officers. There's thousands of perfect traffic stops. Lot of good men. Lot of good women. But those don't get the stories.Collection: Women
No, we don't control who our parents are. We don't control what color we are. We don't control what home we are born into. But we control our attitude. We control our work ethic. We control our drive and our commitment.Collection: Home
God creates us to compete. He creates us to win. It matters. But you've got no chance if you don't do your best.Collection: Chance
Continue to do common things in an uncommon way. Continue to be 'all in.' Continue to apply 'best is the standard.' Continue to be a person of excellence in everything you do.Collection: Best
As I've said many times, it's one thing to dream about something; it's another thing to experience it. It's one thing to think you're good enough; it's another thing to know you're good enough.
There's a lot of 'oops' from us in life as people. I always say that God never says 'oops.' That's just kind of how I've always lived my life, but we're so imperfect that there's a lot of times that we say, 'Oops, my bad.'
It's hard for me to come up with a plan and hold my players accountable until I self-evaluate and hold myself accountable.
If Alabama were 8-4, they'd still be dominating the conversation.
I just made a decision a long time ago: I'm not going to be defined by a scoreboard.
We work too hard to be miserable.
It's the journey to get there. It's that moment in that locker room when you're with a group of people that have gotten it done. There's nothing like it. If you could bottle that up and take that out in the world, you'd dominate.
You're looking at a guy who grew up in the state of Alabama, and my dream was to play there.
I just look back at my entire life. You know, my faith. I knew that I was where I was supposed to be.
I am who I am. At the end of the day, you've got to be who you are.
I've just never really gotten caught up in what people think about me, because I can't control that.
I know the price I've paid to be where I am.
I've had people say things to me like, 'Don't change.' I don't know how to be anything other than myself.
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.
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.
In recruiting, you talk about anything and everything a recruit wants to talk about that seems relevant.
My job is to recruit the best players I can recruit. When they get here, challenge them and grow them into their best version.
I'm counting every silver lining I can get.
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.
I'm a wimp. I'm from Alabama. I don't like the cold.
I'm the biggest pansy you've ever seen.
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.
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.
I'm not a 'more is better' guy.
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.
I love the trips that I've experienced as a player and a coach.
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.
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.
A win is a win, and I've just always felt that way, and I've always been passionate about that.
I don't ever want to come in the locker room and have players in there pouting.
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.
My driving force in this business is to create and build great men, and to do that, you have to have great relationships.
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.
My entire life, nothing's been easy. This is the way it ought to be.
I was the first one in my family to go to college.
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.
I want to get to the top. I want to be the best. But I want to do it the right way and to enjoy the whole deal.
When you lose a parent, it's a strange feeling. It's a hard thing to get used to.
Listen, I come from the most screwed-up dysfunctional situation. You've got violence. Police at your house. Your dad's gone. Nowhere to live. I want people to know, if I can make it, anybody can make it.
I've never seen myself as a second-class citizen.
No matter what's behind us in the rearview mirror, it's always about what's next.
Always remember, the goals that we have achieved pale in comparison to the daily commitments it took to get there.
You don't have to sacrifice your family to be a great coach.
I'm always just focused on being great where I'm at and blooming where I'm planted.