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> [It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It's about winning. Winning's fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/it-goes-back-to-my-childhood-i-never-expected-not-to-win-it-s-about/)

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## More by Mike McCarthy

> [You play a team for the second time, you definitely have some familiarity. I think it's beneficial for your players that they have some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/you-play-a-team-for-the-second-time-you-definitely-have-some/)

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> [I'm a big believer in regularity. My father taught me that. Get up early, get your work done, and that's, what, your highest level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/i-m-a-big-believer-in-regularity-my-father-taught-me-that-get-up/)

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> [The domestic violence policy has been given to our players. My personal view is there's no place in our society for it. I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/the-domestic-violence-policy-has-been-given-to-our-players-my/)

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> [I went away to college, and when I came back and was coaching at Pitt, if they would've offered me a 25-year contract to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/i-went-away-to-college-and-when-i-came-back-and-was-coaching-at-pitt/)

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> [Every week, there's a different twist and turn you're not going to see coming, and how you handle that is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/every-week-there-s-a-different-twist-and-turn-you-re-not-going-to-see/)

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> [Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn't mean anything. Football teams are created on the football…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/really-i-learned-a-long-time-ago-that-in-the-national-football-league/)

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> [The performance of your position coaches is obviously more than just the actual statistics of how their players perform. There's insight from relationships you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/the-performance-of-your-position-coaches-is-obviously-more-than-just/)

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> [The reality is, if you're going to have a defeat on the road, Week 1 is probably the best time to have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/the-reality-is-if-you-re-going-to-have-a-defeat-on-the-road-week-1-is/)

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> [When you're losing, there's that survival instinct. But when you're handling success, people think it's easier, and they think losing's harder. But handling success,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/when-you-re-losing-there-s-that-survival-instinct-but-when-you-re/)

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> [Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It's never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/preseason-football-is-hard-to-evaluate-it-s-never-going-to-be-clean/)

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> [I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/i-worked-at-a-place-that-followed-a-system-where-the-quarterback-was/)

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> [I hate that 'I got it' stuff. That drives me nuts. It's that natural instinct that everything's OK because you're winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/i-hate-that-i-got-it-stuff-that-drives-me-nuts-it-s-that-natural/)

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> [Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that's a plus. That's a plus decision. That's the way I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/throwaways-are-ok-when-a-quarterback-throws-the-ball-away-in-our/)

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> [You build a program; culture is what makes it go. You have to invest in that culture every single day, and that's my big-picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/you-build-a-program-culture-is-what-makes-it-go-you-have-to-invest-in/)

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> [The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mccarthy/the-team-that-gets-to-play-to-their-plan-is-usually-the-team-that-has/)

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