My Favorite Jimbo Fisher Quotes

In honor of Jimbo Fisher's "Car Wash Day" at ESPN (where the coaches interview at all the different ESPN Shows). I decided to dust off this list of Jimbo Fisher quotes I've been holding on to for some time. (Incidentally, Jimbo is one of the only coaches in the NCAA who DOESN'T have a Twitter account)

What's so exciting about Jimbo Fisher quotes?! Are you kidding?! The man is pure gold. One day I happened upon a 14 minute YouTube video of Jimbo Fisher giving pre game and half time speeches. So I made note of some of my favorite:

-Big rock in the road. You don't go around it. You don't hope it will move. YOU remove it.

-Emotion and wanting to win are important but execution is critical.

-You have to TAKE everything you get. No one will give you anything.

-Love is the reason for the fight.

-Everything is about us. How we play, what we do, how we think, how we feel. From the first play to the last play. The reckoning.

-Love is the reason you play. The people you love and your teammates. When it is all said and done. That's what you remember.

-2 guys in the ring. One guy wins.

-This country ain't seen Florida State Football. They about to tonight.

-The game don't care who wins it. You determine what happen

-It ain't about the show, it's about the go.

-You make the helmet. The helmet doesn't make you.

-The play don't care who makes it.

-Show me a guy without expectation and I'll show you a guy that hasn't achieved anything and doesn't expect anything from himself.

-It got personal.

-It's our house. It's our stadium. We are Florida State.

And more recently, Jimbo was speaking to kids at his football camp and said this:

-Men do what they have to do. Boys do what they want to do.

These quotes aren't earth shattering. But they are thought provoking and have fueled a large amount of success at Florida State and at the next level, the NFL.

MDK In The House

My Self-Imposed Football Exile

A couple of months ago as I prepared a roaring (insert eye roll) resurgence back into my blogging, someone asked if I was going to put up anymore rants. They called my blog a rant. I personally didn't feel that was accurate since I have put SEVERAL very informative blogs. The most popular of which is Murdered Out Cars and The Jacksonville Jaguars. How about Why I Usually Cheer For A Gator Win Florida-Georgia Weekend? Those are not rants. They are beautiful pieces of football art.

Then something else seemed to be happening. All of a sudden people/fans of mostly the Jaguar persuasion were eager to be associated with Jaguar fandom. They were starting pages, getting kicked out of pages for the wrong opinion, saying COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS things on FB fan pages, and worst of all, writing articles every 5 minutes about every hair on every Jaguar players head. The absolute pinnacle of ridiculousness was an article about how overrated Rashad Greene was/is. That was it. I'd had enough. I am a huge FSU fan and I'm sure everyone thinks I'm biased. That's fine and maybe I am. But I also know a good football player when I see one. Rashad Greene is a good football player. To add insult to injury, the blog itself was very Pro-UF. Now look. I try to be objective about talent of my favorite teams and be real with myself about good/bad they are. BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE PLAYED FOR FSU DOESN'T MAKE THAT PERSON OVERRATED. DONE. DONE. DONE.

After I cooled down, and let's face it, it took quite a while, I realized I wasn't ready to write again. I didn't want to say things/type ideas that were already said or go over and over the same things. What could I possibly have to say that hasn't already been said? People actually think I vent my spleen?!

I don't want that to be the perception. It's just not a good look for me.

I still have more things to say. Let's face it. This blog is for me more than everyone else. My whole life, I just wanted to be heard.

And sometimes, this blog is the only way that happens.

MDK In The House

We Must Protect This House