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Everybody says marriage is 'til death do you part - and I've been married 29 years - but a book is really 'til death do you part. Once you write it, it's out there.
Mike Leach
Death
You
Marriage
Book
Everybody
Once
Says
Out
Married
Write
Part
Been
Years
Really
At an unusually young age, I read 'Instant Replay' by Jerry Kramer, which talked a lot about the Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi. From there I was really more a fan of coaches than teams and players.
Mike Leach
Age
Young
Bay
About
More
Instant
Talked
Read
Unusually
Kramer
Lot
Replay
Than
Green
Green Bay
Young Age
Fan
Which
Packers
Really
Coaches
Teams
Jerry
Players
When things were really rolling at Texas Tech, I was a part of something bigger than myself, bigger than football.
Mike Leach
Myself
Something
Football
Part
Were
Texas
Than
Rolling
Bigger
Really
Tech
Things
I figured I'd coach two or three years at the most and go back and be an attorney.
Mike Leach
Three
Back
Attorney
Most
Go
Years
Coach
Figured
Two
When I was at Tech, no public school was ahead of us in graduation rates. We got our guys to compete in the classroom, and if they're competing in class and in football, that's an attitude they take into life.
Mike Leach
Life
Attitude
Class
School
Our
Rates
Guys
Classroom
Take
Football
Got
Graduation
Public
Us
Public School
Tech
Compete
Competing
Washington State is great. I'm completely happy at Washington State.
Mike Leach
Great
Happy
State
Washington
Washington State
I'm proud to say I had a bet with a guy from Chicago who said Chicago is windier and colder than Wyoming. Wyoming dominated them.
Mike Leach
Colder
Say
Bet
Guy
Had
Said
Proud
Chicago
Dominated
Than
Them
Who
If you go to any elementary school classroom in Texas, some kids in there are going to be named either Austin, Dallas or Houston.
Mike Leach
You
School
Kids
Some
Classroom
Named
Houston
Go
Texas
Austin
Any
Going
Either
Elementary
Elementary School
Dallas
Outside of North America, best football? Is Samoa North America? Probably Samoa. I'd say Samoa. Germany's certainly up there.
Mike Leach
Best
Say
Outside
Football
Up
Germany
North
North America
America
Certainly
You know, I'll tell who's really embraced football is Austria. Austria's really embraced football.
Mike Leach
You
Tell
Embraced
Football
Know
Austria
Really
Oh I've never liked candy corn, I think it's just awful - I think candy corn's awful.
Mike Leach
Think
Corn
Never
Liked
Oh
Just
Candy
Awful
There's a reason they only serve fruitcake once a year, because it's awful. There's a reason they only serve mint julep's once a year, because they're awful. And there's a reason they only serve candy corn once a year, because it's awful.
Mike Leach
Year
Corn
Once
Once A Year
Mint
Only
Because
Candy
Reason
Serve
Awful
In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey, they don't quit shooting the puck when they're ahead. And in boxing, you don't quit punching when you're ahead. But in football, somehow magically, you're supposed to quit playing when you're ahead.
Mike Leach
You
Punching
Somehow
Football
Supposed
Well
Boxing
Score
Trying
Shooting
Quit
Hockey
Golf
Keep
Puck
Playing
Basketball
As a head coach, you're on two lists. You're the guy that might get fired, or you're the guy who might go somewhere.
Mike Leach
You
Somewhere
Guy
Fired
Head
Head Coach
Go
Get
Lists
Might
Coach
Who
Two
I'm a big believer in regularity. My father taught me that. Get up early, get your work done, and that's, what, your highest level of energy before lunch.
Mike McCarthy
Work
Me
Father
Big
Before
Energy
Lunch
Highest
Highest Level
Big Believer
Up
Get
Done
Taught
Your
Regularity
Believer
Level
Early
The reality is, if you're going to have a defeat on the road, Week 1 is probably the best time to have it.
Mike McCarthy
Time
Best
You
Reality
Defeat
Best Time
Week
Road
Going
It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It's about winning. Winning's fun.
Mike McCarthy
Win
Back
About
Winning
Never
Expected
Goes
Childhood
Fun
To me, it's always bumpy, and to me, that's the joy of it. That's this game. That's how hard it is in the NFL. Really, what you did last year or 2010, as we know, doesn't factor.
Mike McCarthy
Me
You
Game
Joy
Year
Factor
Know
Always
How
Did
Really
Hard
Last
Last Year
You build a program; culture is what makes it go. You have to invest in that culture every single day, and that's my big-picture focus.
Mike McCarthy
Day
You
Culture
Focus
Single
Build
Every
Invest
Single Day
Makes
Go
Program
Every Single Day
Every week, there's a different twist and turn you're not going to see coming, and how you handle that is important.
Mike McCarthy
You
Important
Every
See
Week
How
Coming
Handle
Going
Different
Turn
Twist
I'm so blessed, and Jessica just does such an incredible job of making everything work, because this is such a selfish profession with the time commitment.
Mike McCarthy
Work
Time
Selfish
Commitment
Job
Blessed
Incredible
Everything
Because
Does
Making
Just
Profession
Jessica
It has to be a partnership. I go back to Ted Thompson's opening press conference, and he talked about partnership. We had a hell of a partnership for 12 years.
Mike McCarthy
Hell
Back
Thompson
Press
Press Conference
About
Had
He
Opening
Talked
Partnership
Go
Years
Conference
Ted
The performance of your position coaches is obviously more than just the actual statistics of how their players perform. There's insight from relationships you have around the league throughout all the different interactions that you have.
Mike McCarthy
You
Relationships
Statistics
Insight
More
Throughout
Perform
Performance
League
Obviously
Around
How
Than
Just
Different
Interactions
Coaches
Your
Actual
Players
Position
You play a team for the second time, you definitely have some familiarity. I think it's beneficial for your players that they have some tape to look at of the opponent and can focus on the individual matchups that they have some current history to draw from.
Mike McCarthy
Time
History
You
Focus
Think
Beneficial
Draw
Definitely
Some
Individual
Look
Opponent
Tape
Familiarity
Current
Your
Team
Play
Second
Players
I was offered the opportunity at the Mariners to pass on my experiences and wisdom in order to develop the football club back into the football club that it once was.
Mike Phelan
Wisdom
Opportunity
Club
Back
Once
Develop
Football
Pass
Offered
Order
Experiences
I had a fantastic career at Manchester United.
Mike Phelan
Had
Manchester
Manchester United
Fantastic
United
Career
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