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Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.

Pete Carroll

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Pete Carroll
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 15
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My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts.
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Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know whats going to happen next.
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I will always be interested in the truth, yeah.
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It’s simple, really: Be great right now so that you can be great later on.
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The how-to is all about day in, day out finding a way to feed the monster, the drive that lives inside.
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Stay hungry, remain humble and get better today.
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At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.
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It comes down to taking care of the people in your program and making them the best they can be-not giving up on them and never failing to be there for them.
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You do what you have to do to compete, and that takes you to places where you are in a relentless state to find an edge and compete. That mentality keeps you on and on point. The how is following the drive, being resourceful and creative.
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That’s the interesting thing about the philosophy — to accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small. To exist in the eternal perspective, you have to live in the moment.
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The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.
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I'm telling you what I'm telling you. I will go wherever I have to go, listen to whoever I have to listen to. Whether it's a player or it's a coach. Whether it's a corporate leader, a political leader or it's the guy sitting on the corner. It doesn't matter to me I'm on, I'll go wherever.
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So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after.
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It's not that you're not smart anymore it's that you're unwilling to do it. Coaches who coach know what I'm talking about. You just keep battling to help your coaches and your players, to refine your scheme, to break down your opponent, to find ways to travel and take care of your players.
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The thing that always strikes me is how much power one person has. Everybody has so much power to help and to change if they just exercise it and get after it.
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Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.
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I can't ask the offense to score slower.
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I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever.
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One of my favorite guys was Ronnie Lott. I had and have such tremendous respect for him that when I finally got a chance to coach him, I couldn't get enough of uncovering and understanding what made him tick and what made him be who he was.
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You're either competing or you're not.
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