Lane Kiffin

Every minute of last week was exactly like every minute of this week but the fans

Everyone of them was emphatic about, if they can help us win, bring them

I can’t predict on Junior and Dae’Quan being this early in the week what that would look like, obviously there’s still new information to come with Thursday and what the SEC guides us to do

Again even if it’s a couple players that don’t even start, if it makes your team better and it’s legal to do and your players want it, I’ll take the hit publicly for it

When you come to watch, that’s an exciting team to watch, that plays really good football and they really master situations, they’re really well coached, they have a style about how they play, which I think we’ve done at previous places

We retooled [the offensive] room almost from top to bottom, and it’s been very competitive

They were granted a fifth year by a judge, saying they were wronged by the NCAA

In my opinion, knowing the information, it’s really wrong to be critical of these kids

At the end of the day, because of these rulings, they’re either going to play for you or they’re going to play somewhere else around the country

This a very unique circumstance

I feeling like we’re really coming along

These kids should, if they get a fifth year, they should [be able to] go wherever they want. Any conference, anywhere

When a kid’s promised something to come to a school, he should wear it

I thought Sam had a great day today

Sam’s been moving around really well

It’s not coach speak — I don’t give coach speak — I don’t deal with it at all

And I think for recruits and recruits’ parents, I don’t think any of them don’t see why I did what I did

I wish I would have gone in when I met with Keith and said, ‘I’ve made the decision to go,'

Yeah, I do (regret it)

I guess (so), in that I hope that some way for future coaches, they’re not put in that situation

I made a challenging decision and change

It just made me reflect on, I can’t be so concerned about little things and what people say

Knox pushing me to do that, challenging me, allowed me to help other players, friends, coaches to say, 'Man, you should try this sometime, because once you remove something from your life, you start to realize how many other people are addicted to it or need it,'

I kind of feel like there’s some Jaxson in there

It’s been really freeing because what you do at the end of the day is you don’t compare anything. … (And) comparison is the thief of joy

That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana

A lot goes into these decisions

It just seemed like the perfect time to bring him back

I think with them getting paid, I don’t think that’s as challenging

’Hey, coach, we really like you. But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.’ That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana

In a four-hour interview, I was asked a lot of questions on a lot of things, and Ole Miss has been wonderful to me and my family

I was asked questions about the differences in recruiting, and I said a narrative that we battled there from some out-of-state Black parents and grandparents was not wanting their kid to move to Mississippi. That’s a narrative that coaches have been fighting forever. It wasn’t calculated by bringing it up.

Our building’s open to former players, and I’ve talked to a number of them

It was really neat to see JaMarcus

I just stopped the spring game a few years ago

Don’t mistake because you see me doing things around the community, or a parade, or Mardi Gras, or a concert that there isn’t relentless pursuit of greatness here and effort in the way that we work and the amount of time spent in this office

His skill set is ultra-elite. But so is his mindset. And that’s really, really unique to have, because they usually don’t coincide

It’s a sport guys. Stop attacking each other personally and each others families. Move on and both sides just enjoy what they have. Make a grateful list of what you have this morning and focus on that and not what you don’t have

Coach Saban kinda coached at another place in this conference, so I can’t really say exactly what he said