Pete Carroll famous quotes

Congrats to Clare Farnsworth on a legendary career! One of the all-time great Seahawks! We will miss you Clare!
-- Pete Carroll

#Careers #Missing #Legendary

We live in a world that needs entertainment. And that entertainment has to be provided by men who sweat and bleed.
-- Pete Carroll

#Men #Sweat #Needs

If you want to win forever, you've got to ALWAYS COMPETE.
-- Pete Carroll

#Winning #Nfl #Forever

Each nanosecond of history branches off into an infinite amount of parallel universes.
-- Pete Carroll

#Branches #Infinite #Parallel Universe

Regardless of what other stigmas may be involved, I think we have to do this because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they're coming to some conclusions.
-- Pete Carroll

#Thinking #Medicine #Trying

And sure, there's a universe where I made a bonehead call that blew the Super Bowl. But that's not my universe.
-- Pete Carroll

#Made #Universe

The only competition that matters is the one that takes place within yourself.
-- Pete Carroll

#Competition #Matter

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.
-- Pete Carroll

#Nfl #Support #Coaching

Stay hungry, remain humble and get better today.
-- Pete Carroll

#Humble #Get Better #Today

If you want to be great, do it. There’s nothing holding you back. It’s all in your control.
-- Pete Carroll

#Want

Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program, so you can't put anything above that, ... But it wouldn't matter who you had here if you didn't have the right mental attitude and work ethic. You need all those elements to come together to do something like we are doing.
-- Pete Carroll

#Attitude #Work Ethic #Together

That’s the interesting thing about the philosophy — to accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small. To exist in the eternal perspective, you have to live in the moment.
-- Pete Carroll

#Philosophy #Interesting #Perspective

I’ve learned that possibly the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face.
-- Pete Carroll

#Powerful #Hard Work #Over You

You're either competing or you're not.
-- Pete Carroll

#Competing

I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and every individual, what would happen?
-- Pete Carroll

#Nfl #Guy #Care

I will always be interested in the truth, yeah.
-- Pete Carroll

#Yeah

So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after.
-- Pete Carroll

#Play #Challenges #Capable

I can't ask the offense to score slower.
-- Pete Carroll

#Nfl #Score #Offense

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.
-- Pete Carroll

#Teacher #Player #Nfl

It comes down to taking care of the people in your program and making them the best they can be-not giving up on them and never failing to be there for them.
-- Pete Carroll

#Giving Up #People #Care

Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know whats going to happen next.
-- Pete Carroll

#Teacher #Fun #School

People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If theres patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.
-- Pete Carroll

#Mistake #People #Care

Winning Forever is not about the final score; it's about competing and striving to be the best. If you are in this pursuit, then you're already winning.
-- Pete Carroll

#Winning #Forever #Finals

If you create a vision for yourself, and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life.
-- Pete Carroll

#Vision #Sticks #Things Happen

Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.
-- Pete Carroll

#Preparation #Mindset #Wilson

It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach.
-- Pete Carroll

#Team #Play #Beats

I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever.
-- Pete Carroll

#Winning #Talking #Practice

I always think something good is about to happen,
-- Pete Carroll

#Thinking

There's nobody playing better than J.R. Sweezy
-- Pete Carroll

The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.
-- Pete Carroll

#Football #Moving #Player

It's about being the very best you can be. Nothing else matters as long as you're working and striving to be your best. Always compete. It's truly that simple. Find the way to do your best. Compete in everything you do.
-- Pete Carroll

#Simple #Long #Matter

I would say that we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible. Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this.
-- Pete Carroll

#Player #Games #Medicine

It isn't about the words you say. It's about the energetic message you send.
-- Pete Carroll

#Messages #Energetic

Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.
-- Pete Carroll

#Relentless #Relentless Pursuit #Pursuit

I just don’t feel like you can have enough speed pass rushers on your club.
-- Pete Carroll

#Clubs #Speed #Like You

It’s simple, really: Be great right now so that you can be great later on.
-- Pete Carroll

#Simple

I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early.
-- Pete Carroll

#Philosophy #Example #Persons

At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.
-- Pete Carroll

#Nfl #Games #Levels

The thing that always strikes me is how much power one person has. Everybody has so much power to help and to change if they just exercise it and get after it.
-- Pete Carroll

#Exercise #Helping #Strikes

I really admire the job that not just coach Belichick has done but that Robert Kraft and his family have done, and the decisions that they made to let Bill do what he's capable of doing. I think it's a great illustration of a way to structure an NFL organization when you let the coach really run the thing.
-- Pete Carroll

#Running #Jobs #Thinking

I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching career. It hit me along the way that I needed to really get at the heart of what's really true to myself. And then I was able to mold it and shape it in the years at SC to become the approach and the concept and the culture that we try to create here at Seattle.
-- Pete Carroll

#Football #Heart #Years

We're not going to do anything different for this game since we're not treating this game any different than another game. Every game is a championship game for us, so we'll treat this one, the last one and the next one exactly the same. And that goes for our practices leading up to it as well.
-- Pete Carroll

#Practice #Games #Nfl

Of course we want to win every game, but winning forever is more about realizing your potential and making yourself as good as you can be. Realizing that is a tremendous accomplishment, whether it's in football or in life.
-- Pete Carroll

#Football #Winning #Games

Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.
-- Pete Carroll

#Football #Player #Thinking