Pete Carroll Quotes - Page 2

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• You're either competing or you're not.

  Pete Carroll

  Competing

  "Pete Carroll Q&A: Seahawks HC Talks Motivation, Consistency and Coaching History". Interview with Jason Cole, bleacherreport.com.

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• 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

  Creative, Relentless, States

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• 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

  Thinking, Medicine, Trying

  "Pete Carroll: NFL should explore medical marijuana if it helps players" by John Breech, www.cbssports.com. January 27, 2014.

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• 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

  Philosophy, Character, Player

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.

  Pete Carroll

  Relentless, Relentless Pursuit, Pursuit

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• 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

  Fighting, Thinking, Long

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• 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

  Practice, Games, Nfl

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• I read a lot of different stuff, but I keep being open to inspiration.

  Pete Carroll

  Inspiration, Different, Stuff

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• 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

  Inspire, Connections, Banking

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• 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

  Philosophy, Player, Trying

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.

  Pete Carroll

  Games, Nfl, Levels

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• 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

  Running, Jobs, Thinking

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• 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

  Football, Heart, Years

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• It's not that you're not smart anymore; it's that you're unwilling to do it. Coaches who coach know what I'm talking about. You just keep battling to help your coaches and your players, to refine your scheme, to break down your opponent, to find ways to travel and take care of your players.

  Pete Carroll

  Smart, Player, Talking

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• 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 Him, Long, Bird

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• 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

  Guy, Understanding, Chance

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts.

  Pete Carroll

  Dad, Thinking, Littles

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him.

  Pete Carroll

  Dad, Winning, Tails

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I just realized how bad it is when you're not in charge and you're a head coach.

  Pete Carroll

  Just Realized, Coaches, Head Coaches

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I learned a tremendous amount about what was important to me as a head coach in that I was not in charge. I didn't have final say about what was going on, and I was always having to represent other people's views, and it was very difficult to be real, to be authentic, to be true because there were a number of people who had say about what was going on.

  Pete Carroll

  Real, Views, Numbers

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I would say that we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible. Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this.

  Pete Carroll

  Player, Games, Medicine

  "Carroll weighs in on medicinal pot" by Dan Graziano, abcnews.go.com. January 27, 2014.

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• 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

  Play, Challenges, Greater

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• Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.

  Pete Carroll

  Preparation, Mindset, Wilson

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• Troy Polamalu was a fascinating player, and that made him.

  Pete Carroll

  Player, Made, Fascinating

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early.

  Pete Carroll

  Philosophy, Example, Persons

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