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To be honest, it makes you a lot better coach when your boss is in the meeting room. You're a lot more driven every day.
Kirby Smart
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A lot of people think our standard is to be first in the SEC, be first in the country, first in our red zone, and run defense. We really don't go by that motto. We go by, 'Be the best Alabama defense there's been.'
Kirby Smart
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My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.
Kirby Smart
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A team is a group of young men playing together. The program is the entirety of that.
Kirby Smart
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Change is uncomfortable.
Kirby Smart
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I think the growth you get from working at a place like Alabama and with a program under Nick Saban, it helps me immensely.
Kirby Smart
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Every day I pull into that parking spot that says 'Head Football Coach,' I get out of my car and pinch myself sometimes, just to make sure it's real, sort of like, 'Is this really happening?'
Kirby Smart
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It's always a danger when you've got a great quarterback that throws the ball well, that scrambles well. You may push him into his asset. You may force him to do what he does best. So you've got to be able to throw curveballs and stop the pass as much as stop the run.
Kirby Smart
