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Dabo Swinney
American
Coach
Born:
Nov 20
,
1969
Great
Life
Me
People
Win
You
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I'm not perfect. I don't claim to be perfect. So, when people point out I'm imperfect, so what? That's just who I am.
Dabo Swinney
People
Not Perfect
Claim
Out
Imperfect
Perfect
Point
Am
Just
Who
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.
Dabo Swinney
Good
Women
Police
Men
Those
Good Men
Thousands
Perfect
Police Officers
Traffic
Lot
Get
Officers
Stops
Stories
That's just my - I think that I made a decision when I was 16 - I grew up in a family that I was taught there was a God and all that, but I didn't really have a relationship with Christ until I was 16. And that was a game changer for me. That's really become the foundation of my life.
Dabo Swinney
Life
God
Family
Me
Relationship
Game
Decision
Christ
Made
My Life
Become
Think
Until
Up
Just
Taught
Grew
Really
Foundation
You got to be a champion on the inside.
Dabo Swinney
You
Champion
Inside
Got
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.
Dabo Swinney
God
Best
You
Win
Matters
No Chance
He
Do Your Best
Got
Us
Creates
Your
Compete
Chance
I'm always just focused on being great where I'm at and blooming where I'm planted.
Dabo Swinney
Great
Focused
Always
Blooming
Just
Being
Where
Planted
I'm not a sympathetic guy when I see people throwing their lives away and using their life's obstacles as excuses to fail. I just don't buy into that.
Dabo Swinney
Life
Buy
People
See
Guy
Throwing
Fail
Obstacles
Excuses
Just
Using
Away
Lives
Sympathetic
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.
Dabo Swinney
Good
You
Experience
Think
Enough
Dream
One Thing
About
Something
Know
Another
Said
Times
Many
Thing
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.
Dabo Swinney
Best
Enjoy
Top
Way
Right Way
Deal
Get
Want
Whole
Right
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.
Dabo Swinney
Work
Attitude
Home
Commitment
Parents
Drive
Control
Our
Born
Color
Work Ethic
Ethic
Who
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.
Dabo Swinney
Best
You
Everything
Way
Excellence
Uncommon
Continue
Person
Common
Common Things
Standard
Things
Apply
Trust me, people that know me know I ain't perfect, but I do try to live my life in a way that hopefully can be pleasing to my maker because I know I'm going to meet Him one day, and He's not going to pat me on the back and talk about how many wins I had or how many Coach of the Year trophies we got or how much money I made.
Dabo Swinney
Life
Day
Me
Trust
People
Money
Try
Made
My Life
Year
Live
Meet
Back
Way
Pleasing
One Day
Hopefully
About
Perfect
Trophies
Wins
Had
He
Know
Talk
Him
Because
Maker
Got
How
How Much
How Much Money
Trust Me
Pat
Going
Much
Coach
Many
Everybody runs, but only one wins first prize. So, run your race in such a way as to win.
Dabo Swinney
Win
First
Everybody
Way
Run
Runs
Only
Wins
Prize
Race
Your
Such A Way
I want guys that are sincerely interested in coming to Clemson. I don't need any practice recruiting, and I don't like wasting time. I want to be transparent, and I want prospects to be transparent, and if they're really interested in Clemson, then they're going to come here unofficially on their own.
Dabo Swinney
Time
Practice
Own
Guys
Recruiting
Prospects
Sincerely
Come
Like
Coming
Any
Going
Want
Interested
Then
Really
Transparent
Wasting
Wasting Time
Here
Need
I don't think it's good to be a distraction to your team.
Dabo Swinney
Good
Think
Distraction
Your
Team
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.
Dabo Swinney
Work
Day
Cleaning
Every Day
Building
Chemistry
Control
Enjoy
Every
Everybody
Secretaries
Morale
About
Guy
Head
Environment
Head Coach
Support
Most
Climate
Very
Get
Staff
Being
Tune
Create
Coach
Thing
Players
For me, and I've been on record saying it, let's create two leagues: one for players who want the college football experience, and another for those that want to get paid, have the NFL help fund it, whatever. Guys who don't want to go to school to get an education, let them go to work.
Dabo Swinney
Work
Education
Saying
Me
Experience
School
College
Whatever
Those
Record
College Football
Guys
Football
Leagues
Another
Go
Been
Get
Want
Them
Create
Paid
Help
Who
Fund
Players
Two
When you get a young group of people that believe, are passionate... and committed to a single purpose, you better look out. Great things can happen.
Dabo Swinney
Great
You
People
Better
Great Things
Single
Young
Group
Believe
Out
Purpose
Look
Passionate
Get
Committed
Happen
Things
I always told people Alabama was the smartest state because it has four As and a B.
Dabo Swinney
People
State
Smartest
Because
Always
Alabama
Four
I think God has got a sense of humor. I really do.
Dabo Swinney
God
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Sense
Think
Got
Really
Let's not be miserable when we win. There's definitely people in places that, even when they win, they're not happy. That's sad.
Dabo Swinney
Sad
Happy
People
Win
Miserable
Definitely
Places
Even
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.'
Dabo Swinney
Life
God
People
My Life
Say
Says
Kind
Bad
Imperfect
Never
Always
How
Lot
Times
Just
Just Kind
Us
Lived
I am who I am. At the end of the day, you've got to be who you are.
Dabo Swinney
Day
You
End Of The Day
Got
Am
End
Who
My dad was the biggest Alabama fan ever, and I was brainwashed.
Dabo Swinney
Brainwashed
Fan
Biggest
Dad
Ever
Alabama
In Alabama, when you come out of the hospital, they have to stamp your birth certificate with either Alabama or Auburn, or you don't leave.
Dabo Swinney
You
Birth
Birth Certificate
Out
Hospital
Come
Leave
Either
Stamp
Your
Certificate
Alabama
I ain't never going to apologize for a 21-point win over a state rival, ever.
Dabo Swinney
Win
State
Rival
Never
Over
Going
Apologize
Ever
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