Mike Singletary

“Our quarterback is going to be Alex Smith.”

“The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I want winners. I want people who want to win.”

“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.”

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

“Sometimes you get to a place in life where you feel you've made some choices, and maybe they weren't the right choices, and that it's all coming to an end.”

“'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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“The thing that I want to do, the most important thing to me is winning. How we do it, I really don't care.”

“Nobody intimidates me.”

“Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.”

“Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.”

“When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and they're not going to be, at the end, they're not going to be close.”

“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.”