You can say it’s bad luck, you can see it’s a fluke, but I don’t think we have the luxury to live there, we’ve got to turn over every stone. We have to look at every possible avenue to do the best we can to make sure this doesn’t happen again. That’s what we plan on doing.

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Top to bottom Michigan is about excellence, greatness. You have my pledge I will carry forward the excellence of Michigan football.

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Perception is NOT reality. People have always said that - perception is reality. I reject that hypothesis.

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I love people, I really do. I'm a people person. I think that's a strength of mine. I love being around people, especially in a team setting.

Jim Harbaugh

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The high road's the only road I know. Let's keep on that way.

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You're kind of numb after 50 shots to the head.

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Throughout my life I have dreamed of coaching at the University of Michigan.

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All human beings have a great agency for being part of a team.

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I have never asked to be the highest-paid coach in football. I have never asked to be paid like a Super Bowl-winning coach. I have never asked for more power.

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My prototypical quarterback is a competitive guy that's a winner, somebody that has great athletic instincts, somebody who is very accurate throwing the football, a quick-minded guy who can think fast on his feet and can make decisions quickly, someone who has leadership ability, an understanding of timing and can make really good decisions.

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From what I can see it's that, if you have money you have access to justice. If you don't, it's becoming increasingly less and less access for low-income Americans and that's the crux of it. I mean, to have a society that has liberty and justice for all, it's right there in the constitution.

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Do we need a top-flight quarterback? Do human beings need air to breath?

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If I may make a football analogy, we're a team whether we're a football team or community or the United States of America. We are part of a team and I believe the people on that team have a right, but they also have the obligation if there is something that is not good or we don't agree on, to speak about it.

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Some people say 'Why is a football coach concerned?' I explained I'm an American first and all Americans should care about justice.

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I have the best wife and six wonderful children. And I'm proud to report that my future will always be bright with the family that I have.

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We would take as many Ronnie Bells as we could possibly get on this team, mentally, hes as tough as anyone we got and physically the same.

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Yes, I was told I wouldn't be the coach anymore -- and you can call it mutual. I wasn't going to put the 49ers in a position to have a coach they didn't want anymore, i didn't leave the 49ers, I felt like the 49er hierarchy left me.

Jim Harbaugh

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I wanted to finish what I started -- what we started, and I have great fond memories of it.

Jim Harbaugh

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I'm aware of it, and I understand what it means, never give in.

Jim Harbaugh

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The effort was a plus-plus, they fought like champs.

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I didn't agree with the call.

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