You can't just say, 'This team's going to win,' or 'This team's going to lose.' Anything can happen. So what you can control is winning your game as much as possible. If you don't do that, and then the other team has a chance to lose, and they lose, and you didn't go about it the right way, now you just let that slip.

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Its crazy to think this is one person, so for me, its being a part of this organization and for our players, just being able to believe in what we wanted to do with our culture and then follow through with it.

You stay positive. Any competitor is going to get angry with themselves and frustrated, and all the emotion comes on.

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That's what good teams do right there: We come together - and go... by Matt Nagy

That's what good teams do right there: We come together - and go boom!

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If you're given a chance, and you're driven and obsessed and consumed when given the opportunity to prove people right, the sky is the limit.

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I'll never forget the day I went home and told my wife, 'I'll nev... by Matt Nagy

I'll never forget the day I went home and told my wife, 'I'll never be a kindergarten teacher.'

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When you fail to communicate, there are gray areas. And when there's gray areas, then bad things happen.

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You've just got to go with your gut feeling. by Matt Nagy

You've just got to go with your gut feeling.

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I think it all circles back to me just trusting myself as a coach and believing in what I feel is the right thing to do.

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In high school, it was NEH-gee. In college, it was NAG-ee. Now we... by Matt Nagy

In high school, it was NEH-gee. In college, it was NAG-ee. Now we don't know what it is.

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I'm living the dream. by Matt Nagy

I'm living the dream.

I went to the ultimate high to an ultimate low. It's just how life goes, and everything happens for a reason.

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There was a lot of reflection - I know that - wondering, 'What in the hell am I doing?' But it paid off.

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Details - that's what it comes down to, so you're always learning... by Matt Nagy

Details - that's what it comes down to, so you're always learning more about a play or a concept.

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There are scenarios when I wish I would have made some different... by Matt Nagy

There are scenarios when I wish I would have made some different choices with the playcall.

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I've always considered myself a leader, a leader of men. by Matt Nagy

I've always considered myself a leader, a leader of men.

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You can't make the kid feel like he just made three mistakes in a row and you're pumping him up. No. There's a balance to it. It's, 'Listen, here's why you did what you did. Don't do it next time, and you'll be OK.'

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I was a player in the Arena League, I was building relationships... by Matt Nagy

I was a player in the Arena League, I was building relationships with that internship.

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You see the excitement on the players. I don't know... if they think, 'This coach is crazy,' or if they think that, 'No, this is pretty good.'

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A quarterback has to trust the quarterback coach. And the quarter... by Matt Nagy

A quarterback has to trust the quarterback coach. And the quarterback coach has to trust him.

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The quarterback needs to know when he's doing something wrong or... by Matt Nagy

The quarterback needs to know when he's doing something wrong or how he can get better.

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