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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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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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Troy Polamalu was a fascinating player, and that made him.
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My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him.
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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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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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Regardless of what other stigmas may be involved, I think we have to do this because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they're coming to some conclusions.
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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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Of course we want to win every game, but winning forever is more about realizing your potential and making yourself as good as you can be. Realizing that is a tremendous accomplishment, whether it's in football or in life.
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Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.
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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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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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You're either competing or you're not.
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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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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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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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Every year, something happens, and it turns me in a direction about where I need to go and what I need to do to give these guys direction.
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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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I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and every individual, what would happen?
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