My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts. Pete Carroll More Quotes by Pete Carroll More Quotes From Pete Carroll 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? Pete Carroll nflcareguy 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. Pete Carroll relentlessstatescreative 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. Pete Carroll funteacherschool Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge. Pete Carroll relentless-pursuitrelentlesspursuit The thing that always strikes me is how much power one person has. Everybody has so much power to help and to change if they just exercise it and get after it. Pete Carroll strikesexercisehelping Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program, so you can't put anything above that, ... But it wouldn't matter who you had here if you didn't have the right mental attitude and work ethic. You need all those elements to come together to do something like we are doing. Pete Carroll work-ethictogetherattitude You're either competing or you're not. Pete Carroll competing I think that drive to fight the fight day in and day out, I think that can go away. You can lose that. As long as you continue to be consumed and overwhelmed with the desire to get better and find another way and keep competing to figure out what you can do to help make this guy be better than he was a day ago, as long as that's there, I don't agree. Pete Carroll fightinglongthinking You will find a way to make your message fresher. You'll find a way to make your connections in a way that will continue to inspire and direct and motivate. That's what I'm banking on. Pete Carroll bankingconnectionsinspire 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. Pete Carroll medicinetryingthinking We've lost a lot of coaches around here, but the philosophy and the approach, the standards we have set and the expectations we have maintained have always been upheld from one year to the next.I attribute that to the great character of the players and the willingness of the coaches to not get influenced and get off-message and to get out of the way. Pete Carroll playercharacterphilosophy And sure, there's a universe where I made a bonehead call that blew the Super Bowl. But that's not my universe. Pete Carroll bowlssuper-bowlmade We're not going to do anything different for this game since we're not treating this game any different than another game. Every game is a championship game for us, so we'll treat this one, the last one and the next one exactly the same. And that goes for our practices leading up to it as well. Pete Carroll nflpracticegames I really admire the job that not just coach Belichick has done but that Robert Kraft and his family have done, and the decisions that they made to let Bill do what he's capable of doing. I think it's a great illustration of a way to structure an NFL organization when you let the coach really run the thing. Pete Carroll runningjobsthinking I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching career. It hit me along the way that I needed to really get at the heart of what's really true to myself. And then I was able to mold it and shape it in the years at SC to become the approach and the concept and the culture that we try to create here at Seattle. Pete Carroll heartfootballyears Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make it available to our players, there's no end to that. That's why the thought is that you're either competing or you're not, and that's why I'm learning and searching and trying to transfer information to our coaches and to our players. Pete Carroll playertryingphilosophy So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after. Pete Carroll greaterchallengesplay At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine. Pete Carroll nfllevelsgames I love Larry Bird, but I don't agree with him. I love him and respect everything about him. I learned a long time ago, and I've made this statement: Coaches don't lose their expertise and ability to make the calls. Pete Carroll i-love-himbirdlong 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. Pete Carroll guychanceunderstanding
