A biography for Dabo Swinneyhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm counting every silver lining I can get.”
“I go to a church that's an interracial church.”
“I'm just telling you: I don't know what the heck I'm talking about - I'm just an old funky college coach - but Deshaun Watson is the best by a long shot.”
“You don't have to sacrifice your family to be a great coach.”
“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.”
“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.”
“In Alabama, when you come out of the hospital, they have to stamp your birth certificate with either Alabama or Auburn, or you don't leave.”
“I ain't never going to apologize for a 21-point win over a state rival, ever.”
“My vision is for other schools to be like Clemson. My vision is to build a model program.”
“I'm not trying to be like everybody else. I want to be Clemson, and Clemson's not for everybody.”
“I'm always just focused on being great where I'm at and blooming where I'm planted.”
“You may not have any interest in Clemson whatsoever, but if Clemson calls, and they want to pay for you to come, and feed you and put you in a hotel, well, who doesn't want to go do that? Sign me up. Let's go, man.”
“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.”
“I've never failed at anything in my life.”
“I've never really hired anybody that people thought I should hire.”
“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.”
“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.”
“In recruiting, you talk about anything and everything a recruit wants to talk about that seems relevant.”
“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.”
“I have an MBA, but my Ph.D. is in people. Everything I do is about relationships.”