All I know is, I was trying to win the football game. And the bottom line is, you have to do what you think is right. You have to go with your gut. And if you don't do that, then I think you regret a lot of things later on.
Mike Singletary

Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw, one song that was sung, that changed my life. So I'm always trying to stay awake to be in the moment, and capture the moments when they come, because they come and go all the time.
Mike Singletary

Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.
Mike Singletary

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.
Mike Singletary

Every day I've got to get up and make a decision. I have an opportunity every day to affect young men and the coaches that are around me, the entire organization and the entire community.
Mike Singletary

'How' is a great thing to know. 'Why' is the ultimate. I'm the 'why' coach. Why are we doing this? Why are we not doing that? Why is this not working? Those are the things I want to know.
Mike Singletary

I am sure there is a right way and a wrong way and in today's life, there are many different rules of being politically correct.
Mike Singletary

I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out.
Mike Singletary

I just feel that after the season that we have to sit down - as well as myself, everybody - and try and look at what gives us the best opportunity to move going forward.
Mike Singletary

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.
Mike Singletary


I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say.
Mike Singletary

I want winners. I want people who want to win.
Mike Singletary

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.
Mike Singletary

I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.
Mike Singletary

I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.
Mike Singletary

If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up.
Mike Singletary

It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of the other stuff about who wins and who loses and how many wins do we need, if we're focusing on that, then that's not good.
Mike Singletary

My first game, I played the first play of the game and called a timeout and got sat down, got benched for the rest of the game, and we won the game. It was the longest day of my life. Long day. Very embarrassing.
Mike Singletary

Nobody intimidates me.
Mike Singletary

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.
Mike Singletary