Jim Harbaugh

“I'm never going to take the position to trash something that I was a part of, and the memories that I have, the wins, the championships, the titles.”

“You have to be prepared to fight and finish your own battles.”

“Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in.”

“I drank a lot of milk. A lot of milk. Whole milk, though.”

“I'm a Tupac man myself. And my all-time favorite song, Gordon Lightfoot's 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'”

“In a nutshell, I love Michigan.”

“That's a very nice compliment, for somebody to be described as having grit, having some gravel in the gut.”

“Urban Meyer's had a winning record. Really phenomenal record everywhere he's been. But also, controversy follows everywhere he's been.”

“That's not a word that I would put with the two: football and happy. It's a hard, rough, tough sport. Not a lot of fun.”

“My wife and I had dinner in San Francisco four or five times.”

“I don't take vacations. I don't get sick. I don't observe major holidays. I'm a jackhammer.”

“When I have football dreams, they always finish with a drive at the end of the game. And I'm always playing - I never dream of football where I coach - but I'm not always playing for the same team. Sometimes I'm like a 50-year-old man. Sometimes I'm back in college.”

“I think everybody that coaches... there's something about their playing career when they're teaching and explaining... you know, you visualize yourself in that position, then you can explain it.”

“Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired, too. I think of it like building a callus.”

“I believe in God. I believe in country. I believe in family.”

“The Internet can be an enlightening place... you have to take it with a grain of salt.”

“There are a lot of great players out there, but this guy - to be able to coach a guy like Jabrill Peppers is a real joy... There's nothing he can't do. It's the darndest thing I've ever seen.”

“There's a struggle to it. It's a lot of practice. I get a big thrill out of football, don't get me wrong.”

“I always encourage youngsters in America to play soccer.”

“I'm not a guy that likes to talk about things that happened 35 years ago. I know some do, but I'm not one of them.”