“It was never about the wins and losses. It was about the young men that you’re affecting, growing and raising. Do I want to win championships? Hell yeah but I have perspective now to know that there’s a lot more important things in life than just that,” Kirby Smart

Ben Johnson explains how you build a physically tough team without just screaming at players to be tougher, and says it starts with the character of the players “It’s one thing to say that and want that. How do you get that done in practice and leading up to games?” “Yeah. Well, I think if you ask some of our players, they they would tell you that it was one of the more challenging training camps that they’ve they’ve gone through. And I give them a lot of credit because they trusted this coaching staff. And it’s their desire to be great. It’s their desire to win.” “They they want to they want to be really good at their positions. They want to be really good as a team. And so the buy-in has been there. They they’ve trusted us every step of the way. I think we’ve been very smart with how we’ve approached it. we’ve explained the why to them on everything that we do, which is so critical these days.” “And like I said before, I think when you have guys like Kevin Bard and Grady Jarrett and Joe Tuni, guys that have won at a high level, they played meaningful games in the playoffs, they’ve been to Super Bowls, when you have guys like that, it just helps it helps forge that direction and and brings the locker room with us, you know, and I can’t give those guys enough credit.” “Was that a conscious effort on you guys part to get a couple of veteran guys like that and bring them in those those big-time leaders?” “Yeah, I mean, well, it starts there all the all three of those guys I mentioned, they’re phenomenal football players and even though they’re getting up there in years a little bit, they still are and they they make a meaningful impact on game day. But you’re right, I think their leaders

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#DallasCowboys DC Christian Parker on his Defense: "The play style is more important than the schematics and the fundamental detail technique.. So that's non- negotiable. That has to come to life. No play call is good unless the little things are done correctly. So that's what we're focused on."