MATT NAGY

There was a lot of reflection - I know that - wondering, 'What in the hell am I doing?' But it paid off.

I think it all circles back to me just trusting myself as a coach and believing in what I feel is the right thing to do.

You see the excitement on the players. I don't know... if they think, 'This coach is crazy,' or if they think that, 'No, this is pretty good.'

I went to the ultimate high to an ultimate low. It's just how life goes, and everything happens for a reason.

Sometimes when you get out there and you want to just do your own thing, we have to reel that in.

That's my nature: I'm going to be aggressive, but it has to be calculated.

I normally don't get frizzled.

When you fail to communicate, there are gray areas. And when there's gray areas, then bad things happen.

In high school, it was NEH-gee. In college, it was NAG-ee. Now we don't know what it is.

I'm a big boy; I can handle criticism.

Even as a coach, sometimes you forget the little intricacies of the offense, the details of the routes, the timing of the footwork, and the timing of the offensive tackles with the different sets that they have.

A quarterback has to trust the quarterback coach. And the quarterback coach has to trust him.

Anytime you give up two special-teams touchdowns, I can't imagine the numbers are too good in regards to winning that game.

For me, you understand that we always talk about a 'we' and not a 'me' thing. And we always talk as a team. We win as a team. We lose as a team.

I'll never forget the day I went home and told my wife, 'I'll never be a kindergarten teacher.'

There are scenarios when I wish I would have made some different choices with the playcall.

When you throw the ball 50 times, there are going to be some that are inaccurate.

You learn from any criticism. You learn from any self-criticism. And you learn from when you do things the right way: you try to keep going.

I've got to be better. So when I talk to the team, I want to make sure that I'm real with them, and I tell them I can be better.

Every running back has their own strengths and weaknesses. There are some that are better as pass receivers. There are some that are better inside, tight zones and mid zones and outside zones.

The coach needs to understand, when he's not teaching something the right way or he sees something wrong, he's got to be able to admit to his mistakes.

You can't make the kid feel like he just made three mistakes in a row and you're pumping him up. No. There's a balance to it. It's, 'Listen, here's why you did what you did. Don't do it next time, and you'll be OK.'

I think when you start changing things, you're not being yourself.

I was a player in the Arena League, I was building relationships with that internship.

If somebody comes out and has a poor game, it doesn't mean they're getting cut.