Quotes from Mack Brown

Recruiting is always a snow-ball effect because when you get really good players and they like it, the other players want to play with them.

If you can imagine digging into something and trying to fit all the pieces together, that's recruiting for us.

I've never been a guy that hated our rivals.

If you're going to coach, you need to have fun coaching.

We are lucky in Chapel Hill to have the most brilliant medical people anywhere in the country.

We've often gotten the rep for being a player's coach. 'Talk sweet to 'em all the time.' In reality, we're very disciplined, very demanding. You can only be that way if you're fair and you're consistent.

I've been so impressed with Commissioner Goodell.

When a coach comes in and takes over a new program, he's adopting 125 new stepchildren. Some of them love the place but a lot of them love the coaches, they came for a different offense, they came for a defense, and every coach is different. All have some similarities but all are different.

It got to the point the last time, at Texas, where every loss was a tragedy and every win was exhaling.

I got labeled as the guy who didn't coach and sat around and talked. I know what I do, so I don't worry about it.

We talk about building young men so they can be productive husbands, fathers and citizens.

I realized in the five years off, what I missed was being around the young people, the organization, the practice, the fourth quarter of the game where you're behind, trying to get back to win the game late. It's not about the rings and trophies and money, that's not what you got into it for.

Communication helps you build up trust and respect... It gets everyone on the same page.

People mouth all the time. I was involved in a rivalry with N.C. State where two coaches tackled each other in the middle of the field after the game. That one was kind of nasty, I thought.

Any recognition I've received, or been considered for, honors all of the coaches, players and staff that have been a part of our program for many years. They are the reason my name is on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot, so most importantly I thank them.

The top-tier teams, it's about winning. It's about filling the stands and making enough money to pay for the other sports.

I think the thing that I learned is I will never let a staff have too much control again, which is a strong statement.

I learned that when I go in a store and a person of color goes in the store, that they might watch them because they're afraid they're gonna steal something. They're not gonna watch me because I'm white.

I'm not going to offer and take a guy at North Carolina that I don't meet. And if I don't like him, I'm not taking him.

I'm going to coach here as long as I can. As long as I'm effective for North Carolina, I will be the football coach.

You should never, ever walk by anyone no matter how young or old they are, without stopping and smiling and shaking their hand and taking a picture or signing an autograph.

I was making $38,500 and Oklahoma offered me $125,000 to be the offensive coordinator and I thought, 'Hmm, I probably should look at this.'

I realized I need to do a better job of opening up other interests because my interests are sports, my family, my faith and my friends. That's it. That's all I got.

When you've got a program like Texas or one like USC, every little thing is scrutinized.