Quotes from Dabo Swinney

There's some criminals that wear badges. Guess what? There's some criminals that work in the media. There's some criminals that are football coaches. There's some criminals that are politicians. There are criminals that work in churches.

I love that about college football. I love all the funky matchups. I love the Funky Cold Medina Poulan Weed Eater Bowl. I love all of that. I like the crazy games. There's obviously a market for it because them TVs love to put it on there.

I always tell people, good coaches are a dime a dozen. Good coaches that are good people, good husbands, good fathers, that love their players and are passionate about doing things in a way that I believe is important, that pool gets real small.

If Alabama were 8-4, they'd still be dominating the conversation.

In recruiting, you talk about anything and everything a recruit wants to talk about that seems relevant.

I just made a decision a long time ago: I'm not going to be defined by a scoreboard.

That's just my - I think that I made a decision when I was 16 - I grew up in a family that I was taught there was a God and all that, but I didn't really have a relationship with Christ until I was 16. And that was a game changer for me. That's really become the foundation of my life.

I didn't get into coaching to make money. I got into this for the coaching and teaching part.

A football team is really just a reflection of society. You've got 118, 120 guys on the team, you got a little bit of everything.

I don't think it's good to be a distraction to your team.

For me, and I've been on record saying it, let's create two leagues: one for players who want the college football experience, and another for those that want to get paid, have the NFL help fund it, whatever. Guys who don't want to go to school to get an education, let them go to work.

You may not have any interest in Clemson whatsoever, but if Clemson calls, and they want to pay for you to come, and feed you and put you in a hotel, well, who doesn't want to go do that? Sign me up. Let's go, man.

I know the price I've paid to be where I am.

We're all going to experience death and failure and setbacks and disappointments and cancer and, you know, it's a really difficult world. And for me, God has always - in my relationship with Christ - He's given me hope and peace.

I'm just telling you: I don't know what the heck I'm talking about - I'm just an old funky college coach - but Deshaun Watson is the best by a long shot.

I'm not going to apologize for having a great team and a great program and a bunch of committed guys, and Coach Saban is not, either.

My dad was the biggest Alabama fan ever, and I was brainwashed.

My father figures were my coaches.

A lot of these things in this world were only a dream for Martin Luther King. Not a one-term, but a two-term African-American president. And this is a terrible country? That was a dream for Martin Luther King.

To be an overachiever you have to be an over believer.

God creates us to compete. He creates us to win. It matters. But you've got no chance if you don't do your best.

Everybody runs, but only one wins first prize. So, run your race in such a way as to win.

Any time you have a Heisman-caliber player, it just - that means he's a Heisman guy for a reason. So usually, that - for your team, that means a lot of big plays. Usually, there's a lot of wins tied to those Heisman guys, that's for sure. So it's always great when you got great players.

I've just never really gotten caught up in what people think about me, because I can't control that.