Top 50 Dabo Swinney Quotes

Colin Cowherd? I never met him; I don’t know him.

Always remember, the goals that we have achieved pale in comparison to the daily commitments it took to get there.

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.

Sometimes fans… they want more and more and more, and they think you win a national championship every year. It doesn’t work that way.

When you win by three touchdowns in a state championship and you’ve got people who can’t appreciate that? That’s really sad.

I am who I am. At the end of the day, you’ve got to be who you are.

It’s the journey to get there. It’s that moment in that locker room when you’re with a group of people that have gotten it done. There’s nothing like it. If you could bottle that up and take that out in the world, you’d dominate.

I ain’t never going to apologize for a 21-point win over a state rival, ever.

I’ve never really hired anybody that people thought I should hire.

For me personally, joy comes from focusing on Jesus, others, and yourself.

When you get a young group of people that believe, are passionate… and committed to a single purpose, you better look out. Great things can happen.

My entire life, nothing’s been easy. This is the way it ought to be.

I think God has got a sense of humor. I really do.

I’ve had people say things to me like, ‘Don’t change.’ I don’t know how to be anything other than myself.

My dad was a great man, and I loved him, but he had some demons he fought. It was tough to see some of those things as a kid, but I believe God doesn’t save you from things; he saves you through them.

I love the trips that I’ve experienced as a player and a coach.

You don’t have to sacrifice your family to be a great coach.

No, we don’t control who our parents are. We don’t control what color we are. We don’t control what home we are born into. But we control our attitude. We control our work ethic. We control our drive and our commitment.

A win is a win, and I’ve just always felt that way, and I’ve always been passionate about that.

You better have an anchor in life. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Division I head football coach or Joe Schmo from Okemoh. Bad things happen. If you’re not anchored, you’re going to be washed away.

Everybody sees me now, and I’m the head coach at Clemson and this and that, but my life hasn’t always been this way.

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

I was one of those kids who watched the Bear Bryant Show every Sunday, and every time Alabama played, I was listening on the radio. I’d fight you if you talked bad about Alabama.

The thing I enjoy the most about being the head coach is that I get to create the climate. I get to control the environment everybody comes to work in every day, and I’m very in tune to the chemistry, the morale of my staff, my support staff, my secretaries, the guy cleaning the building, the players, the walk-ons.

I’m a wimp. I’m from Alabama. I don’t like the cold.

I’m kind of a bottom-of-the-barrel guy.

I’ve never seen myself as a second-class citizen.

I was the first one in my family to go to college.

You got to be a champion on the inside.

All I know is, there’s nothing we can’t do at Clemson. I don’t have to go somewhere else to win at the highest level, to recruit great players, to have great support – I really don’t. I’m just really fortunate.

My driving force in this business is to create and build great men, and to do that, you have to have great relationships.

I hate the fact that, all of a sudden now, it’s not cool to go to the Gator Bowl. Are you kidding me? I don’t like that mindset.

When you lose a parent, it’s a strange feeling. It’s a hard thing to get used to.

I’m not perfect. I don’t claim to be perfect. So, when people point out I’m imperfect, so what? That’s just who I am.

I’ve never failed at anything in my life.

I just look back at my entire life. You know, my faith. I knew that I was where I was supposed to be.

I’m the biggest pansy you’ve ever seen.

We work too hard to be miserable.

I’m always just focused on being great where I’m at and blooming where I’m planted.

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 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.

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 don’t ever want to come in the locker room and have players in there pouting.

Let’s not be miserable when we win. There’s definitely people in places that, even when they win, they’re not happy. That’s sad.

I want to get to the top. I want to be the best. But I want to do it the right way and to enjoy the whole deal.

As I’ve said many times, it’s one thing to dream about something; it’s another thing to experience it. It’s one thing to think you’re good enough; it’s another thing to know you’re good enough.

Continue to do common things in an uncommon way. Continue to be ‘all in.’ Continue to apply ‘best is the standard.’ Continue to be a person of excellence in everything you do.

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.

Everything in life is how you respond to it. If everything went perfect all the time – you never lost a game, you got to the championship every time, you always won, you always got the top recruit, you always made the A – you really wouldn’t truly appreciate all that goes into it.

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.