12/17/07 - Expect to Win vs. Deserve to Win

Press Conference Transcript

This quote is an excerpt from the comments of Rich Rodriquez during the press conference upon being named the head football coach at the University of Michigan:

"I know there's great expectations here and I think there's great expectations in a lot of programs throughout America ... In fact, I would rather go to a place where they expect to have success than one where they just hope to have it."

"But I will talk to our team a great deal about that situation and I don't want our team to expect to win; I want our team to deserve to win, and there's a big difference in that. That's our focus for our players and our staff and everybody in our program to deserve to win football games and to win it the right way. I know everybody who is involved in this great university knows that they do things here the right way, and we will do things here the right way and we will want to deserve to win.