We think that we've got a great team and I think that our guys have done a great job of embracing every role that we've been put in for the last seven years to be honest with you, it's not about being the favorite and being the underdog, it's about how you play the game, and our core values and the things that we believe in -- the things that we think help us win are the same in this game as they are all these other games.

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To be an overachiever you have to be an over believer.

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Whatever results you get, learn and grow from it and move on to the next one.

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I think teams win. I don't think offense wins. I don't think defense wins. I don't think special teams - teams win.

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You can't be afraid to play. Commit to play and you live with the results.

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The media wants a nice guy, so I can give that to them. I figured I could be myself in this interview since no one's gonna read this JV newspaper.

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Sometimes you just have things within your team that you have to address, and I think you have to protect your culture a little bit. And sometimes it's sitting a guy down and that's just the way it will always be.

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You know how ESPN works; they'll throw themselves into a frenzy over Tebow's white bread lame ass niceness and then vilify Johnny Football just 'cause he rages now and then.

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The opener is always very difficult every single year. It Really doesn't matter whom you play. The opener is difficult because you've got more time to prepare for one game than you do any game the rest of the year because you've got all spring, all summer to prepare for this opponent.

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summer spring years

You have strengths within your team every single year and sometimes they stay the same, sometimes they change.

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It takes a lot to be Dabo Swinney, and not everyone can live this lifestyle. But, boy is it fun.

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You can only get so far from an evaluation standpoint in practice, and you know, at some point, you've got to go play and kind of take that next step in the evaluation of just where you are and then grow and make adjustments as you go throughout the year.

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practice play years

Every game is huge and every game will count when it's all said and done.

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done games said

I think continuity is a good thing. But change is sometimes good, too.

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Play within the system. Be a decision maker.

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I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.

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All we can do is evaluate what we see in practice.

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Every game is critical.

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Any time you have coaching changes and things like that, you go and study everything.

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It just doesnt matter.

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Hes there every single day. He takes unbelievable pride in his job, and hes a part of our team. Hes got the sweetest spirit.

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