Quotes from Will Muschamp

At the end of the day, I grew up wanting to play in the SEC.

The SEC is a line-of-scrimmage league. You'd better be good up front, or you're going to have some long days.

You don't want a guy to be happy he's not starting.

Perception is not always reality.

The best friend I have is competition.

At the end of the day, you're loyal to the people writing your checks.

The biggest thing for me is to be accessible. When a high school coach comes on our campus, they can sit in every position meeting they want to sit in. They can come to every practice. And the comments I've gotten from our high school coaches is how accessible we are to them. That's what you need to do to build those relationships.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

It's not a right to play at Florida. It's a privilege.

Self-evaluation is hard, and it starts with me, and it falls on my shoulders, and I'm responsible. But at the end of the day, you are what you are.

Good teams understand how to compete, how to practice the right way.

I'm a good special teams coach, and I can recruit.

I probably made a mistake at Florida trying to change schematically from what they had done before. As a result, we ended up not being very good at anything.

At the end of the day, I'm a good defensive football coach.

One of the great rights as an American citizen is freedom of speech, one of the things that makes this country what it is.

The University of Texas was very good to Will Muschamp and my family.

When you talk in terms of a rivalry game, it's always important for our guys to understand the history of the rivalry and the history of the game.

I believe it was seventh or eighth grade: I went to a Danny Ford football camp. A buddy of mine was a big Clemson fan, and coach Ford put on a camp, and we did actually enjoy ourselves.

I have great memories of watching SEC football with my father on Saturdays and playing football in the backyard with my two brothers right here in Gainesville.

It's my favorite thing to do, grilling.

It's interesting in the recruiting process because I have recruits and parents that say, 'You're so positive about the other schools!' And I am, because I had a great experience at LSU. I had a great experience at Auburn. I had a great experience at Florida.

Recruiting is not an exact science.

I think you live and learn each year, whether you're a head coach, coordinator, or business manager. You learn different things that work and different things that don't.

It's our job to make sure the players are ready to play at a high level. Part of that is making sure that the emotion is in check.