Dabo Swinney Quotes

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"We're all going to experience death and failure and setbacks and disappointments and cancer and, you know, it's a really difficult world. And for me, God has always - in my relationship with Christ - He's given me hope and peace."

"A lot of these things in this world were only a dream for Martin Luther King. Not a one-term, but a two-term African-American president. And this is a terrible country? That was a dream for Martin Luther King."

"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."

"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."

"I am who I am. At the end of the day, you've got to be who you are."

"In recruiting, you talk about anything and everything a recruit wants to talk about that seems relevant."

"You better have an anchor in life. It doesn't matter if you're a Division I head football coach or Joe Schmo from Okemoh. Bad things happen. If you're not anchored, you're going to be washed away."

"My father figures were my coaches."

"I just made a decision a long time ago: I'm not going to be defined by a scoreboard."

"I've never seen myself as a second-class citizen."

"I didn't get into coaching to make money. I got into this for the coaching and teaching part."

"I've never failed at anything in my life."

"A football team is really just a reflection of society. You've got 118, 120 guys on the team, you got a little bit of everything."

"It's hard for me to come up with a plan and hold my players accountable until I self-evaluate and hold myself accountable."

"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."

"My dad was a great man, and I loved him, but he had some demons he fought. It was tough to see some of those things as a kid, but I believe God doesn't save you from things; he saves you through them."

"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."

"I'm kind of a bottom-of-the-barrel guy."

"I've never really hired anybody that people thought I should hire."

"Everyone will be judged one day, but it's not up to me to judge somebody."

"I just think there is a right way to do things, and I don't think two wrongs make a right."

"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."

"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."

"I'm counting every silver lining I can get."

"My vision is for other schools to be like Clemson. My vision is to build a model program."