“I was one of those kids who watched the Bear Bryant Show every Sunday,...” — Dabo Swinney Quote

“I was one of those kids who watched the Bear Bryant Show every Sunday, and every time Alabama played, I was listening on the radio. I'd fight you if you talked bad about Alabama.”

“A football team is really just a reflection of society. You've got 118, 120 guys on the team, you got a little bit of everything.”

“I've never seen myself as a second-class citizen.”

“Don Siegelman should be a star in the Democratic Party. Instead, he's a former elected official sentenced to prison by a right-wing judge in Alabama.”

“We're from Athens, Alabama. That's my town. People think it's Muscle Shoals, but they have no idea. It's a quiet, sleepy little town, about 45 minutes from Muscle Shoals. It's really hard to be a band in Athens; there are no venues.”

“I grew up really close to Alabama, about 10 minutes from the Alabama line. We'd make trips to Alabama, and I feel at home there.”