I was at Texas State in 2005. I'd never coached quarterbacks and never called plays a day in my life. David Bailiff hired me and we go 11-3, and Barrick Nealy breaks all kinds of QB records. I grinded. I got my hands on every drill tape I could. I went to clinics. Every brain I could pick, I picked. And I wasn't too proud to ask the kids.

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I want my kids to win. Winners get the corner office, the big house, the hot wife, the whole nine.

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win wife house hot

I've never met a successful person in any walk of life - from Michael Dell to Peyton Manning to Barack Obama - that when you ask that person, 'Hey, how did you get here, and what was your road like?' They say, 'You know what? It was really easy. I slept in all the time, turned my papers in late, didn't pay attention to people and my surroundings.'

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walk you time life

I delete the Twitter app during the season.

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delete app twitter season

The biggest expectations we'll always have for the University of Texas will be from within.

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will always university expectations

We all want to be praised, right?

Tom Herman

praised right want

You can't win championships without playing great defense.

Tom Herman

without great win you

To me, Jon is not a fun name. Thomas is not a fun name.

Tom Herman

jon name me fun

You need explosive plays to win.

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explosive need win you

The price of championships will never change. It's been set long before me. It will be the same long after me. That price is hard work, sweat, blood, tears, fatigue and exhaustion and doing so much more than what is required of you.

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me hard-work change work

Pressure comes from being unprepared.

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being unprepared pressure

It's the human condition. We gravitate to what's easy, things that are comfortable, convenient, pain-free, self-serving.

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human things comfortable easy

When you play for the guy next to you, that's when you win championships.

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win you next play

Longhorn football has been - and always will be - a national power, winning and playing for national championships with great pride and passion, supported by an unbelievable fan base.

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great passion power football

I don't believe in luck.

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luck believe

I believe in routine.

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routine i-believe believe

I was a highlight coordinator. My job was to go in and watch games, watch and type. Basically every time the camera frame changed, I had to log it as something: 'Emmitt Smith rushed for 4 yards... Close-up of Jimmy Johnson on the sidelines... 37-yard field goal.'

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camera job go time

I've learned a lot about lockers.

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learned lot about

That's mind-blowing to me that people would say that because you have nice things, you're soft. No, you're soft because your culture is soft.

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me you culture people

For me, nobody's re-inventing football. We just have to do it better than everybody else.

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nobody better me football

There are a lot of three and four-star guys undervalued because of intangibles.

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lot because undervalued three