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I asked John if he was always confident that his team would execute well enough to win. “Well, not totally,” he replied. “I know we always have the ability to win, but so many things can happen that are out of your control. But I have to pretend to be confident so that the players will be confident.”

John Quinlivan was one of John’s best friends. When I met him at his home on a hot summer day, he cited many reasons for John’s success. “One reason he is successful is because he loves coaching so much. His hobby is watching film. It seems that whenever he is bored, he watches film. And I know first-hand how much he loves football. We e-mail and talk all the time during the offseason, but once the season starts, John asks me to hold off. We pick up our friendship after the season is over. One thing I have noticed is that he has the ability to talk to kids and to have them do exceptional things in tough circumstances. He knows how to motivate them and make them confident that they can do things well.”