Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll
Peter Clay Carrollis an American football coach who is the head coach and executive vice president of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and the USC Trojans of the University of Southern California. Carroll is one of only three football coaches who have won both a Super Bowl and a college football national championship. At 7009204733440000000♠64 years, 320 days, Carroll is the oldest head coach currently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 September 1951
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach.
That’s the interesting thing about the philosophy — to accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small. To exist in the eternal perspective, you have to live in the moment.
If you want to win forever, you've got to ALWAYS COMPETE.
It comes down to taking care of the people in your program and making them the best they can be-not giving up on them and never failing to be there for them.
I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and every individual, what would happen?
It’s simple, really: Be great right now so that you can be great later on.
Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program, so you can't put anything above that, ... But it wouldn't matter who you had here if you didn't have the right mental attitude and work ethic. You need all those elements to come together to do something like we are doing.
And sure, there's a universe where I made a bonehead call that blew the Super Bowl. But that's not my universe.
You're either competing or you're not.
I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching career. It hit me along the way that I needed to really get at the heart of what's really true to myself. And then I was able to mold it and shape it in the years at SC to become the approach and the concept and the culture that we try to create here at Seattle.
Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.
So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after.
Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.
At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.