Quotes from Lane Kiffin

You can't just go visit somewhere and come away and know how they run their business.

It's almost like when you don't have money, you think it's important. And once you have it, you're like, 'Was I really happy because I have more money going into the bank? No.'

I have begun to realize just how amazing God's plan can be.

Winning changes the perception of what you do, and whether it's a positive or a negative, even though it's the exact same thing.

That's what I expect from the players - perfection.

In general, I do not feel the media is very positive toward game performances unless the players play perfectly.

At Tennessee, I said I can't wait to beat Florida in the Swamp and sing 'Rocky Top' all night long. The thing at Tennessee I felt was that there needed to be energy in the program immediately. Two of the last three years there, they were 5-7. Urban Meyer and Nick Saban were at all-time highs. I felt like the fan base and players needed confidence.

You don't win championships by having the cheapest budget.

People always say, 'Do you get bothered by what people say or blog or write about you?' I only do if I know them. If I know them, and I have a relationship with them and they write that, then that would surprise me a lot. Usually the people writing the negative stuff don't know me at all.

Obviously I love coaching. It's what I've done my whole life.

Anybody can do something one time. You have a great year because everything goes right. But can you maintain it and sustain it for a long period of time as Coach Carroll did and Coach Saban?

If I'm cussing at you, swearing at you, calling you demeaning names, are you really thinking about that last play? Am I really helping you get better? Or am I just making myself feel good by demeaning you? I've really never understood it.

You know what I didn't realize at the time is a really good blessing, is that I was a really crappy player.

When God gives you a second chance, it's not something you take for granted.

You want a job where the pressure is on and expectations are high.

You have to be yourself. You can't pretend to be somebody else.

I'd like to think I'm always going to defend our players.

One game is never going to define a player.

I always try to find better ways to do things. Whether it's a game plan, a practice, a meeting, an interview, whatever it is. I'm going to find a way to find a way to analyze it and find a better way to do it. That's my mindset. I've never been satisfied with anything. That's just my mindset. I'm always trying to find a better way to do things.

There are different things I've done that I wouldn't do again that kept following me. That's the price that you pay when you make mistakes early on.

When you're little you either want to be like your dad or be directly opposite.

In college I was so mad I wasn't playing. The two guys in front of me were Billy Volek and David Carr, but I just realized that was a blessing in disguise, that I was so bad and I never played, so my brain's good.

This profession, I don't know why, you're supposed to be so serious and just be so proper.

Al Davis fires everybody.