Good article that Coach Musselman had on his website:
"If you do something enough, it becomes fundamental. It becomes habit, and when you get in the heat and walk out there in front of millions, (the Beatles) were not thinking, they were just reacting. Tiger Woods every time we see him hit a big shot. He's hit a thousand just like that with no one looking … it just becomes a reaction. He probably creates competitive reps as he is practicing, 'OK, down two strokes, got two holes left' … if you are doing things the right way, your fundamentals will hold up under fire. It's very important. Football is a fundamental game, a technique game. Look at a guy like (former Boston College quarterback) Matt Ryan when he beat us out here two years ago. I wasn't surprised. He rolled right, came back and hit that guy wide open on third and forever, might have been fourth, to hit that guy for a score. He just reacted. … People are so clueless when it comes to doing that. Greatness is achieved, it is not a given. Yeah, you are born with talent. Take Jerry Rice for example — he is the greatest wideout every to play the position. It is not even close. He was not the most talented. The reason he was great is his work ethic and commitment to little things. He worked on his mind, he took care of his body. He pushed himself further than anyone else was willing to go."
ON INSTILLING WORK ETHIC AND DRIVE:
"I can draw Xs and Os all day on that board; a lot of coaches come in and do great things on the board, but coaching and leadership is really about getting people to do things they don't want to do, getting them to places they can't take themselves. Motivating people to be great. … Coach (Bear) Bryant also talked about there are four kinds of players. You've got those players that have it and give it, like C.J. Spiller. You have players that have it but won't give it — you want to get rid of those guys. Then you have players that don't have it — and this is what the majority of your team is — but don't know they don't have it and give way beyond their ability. And then you have the guys that don't have it, and know they don't have it. You want to be nice to them because they will make great alums. … You've got to be able to motivate all those different guys. … I think that's what separates good coaches from bad coaches."
