105 Quotes by Dabo Swinney

I want guys that are sincerely interested in coming to Clemson. I don't need any practice recruiting, and I don't like wasting time. I want to be transparent, and I want prospects to be transparent, and if they're really interested in Clemson, then they're going to come here unofficially on their own.

I'm a big believer in the student-athlete part. I value the education and what it provides for you. Football is a vocation. Only 1.67 percent of these athletes go on to the NFL. An education provides you an opportunity for a career. A lot of people just don't get that. To say they aren't getting anything is misinformed.

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

I don't think it's good to be a distraction to your team.

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.

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.

If my coach told me to go run them bleachers, you didn't ask no questions. I turned around and started running until he said stop.

My dad was the biggest Alabama fan ever, and I was brainwashed.

I thought, 'If I ever get a new football building, I want a slide.' Now I go down it every day.