Doug Pederson

Communicate with the front office, communicate with the staff, communicate with the secretaries, everybody. And make everybody feel a part of something. That's important.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.

Am I going to be good enough, because I don't have head-coaching experience outside of high school football? I've been around a lot of great head coaches in my career, but you begin to doubt. And, for me, it was the doubt of, 'Are the players going to believe me?'

Coaches respect each other, and it's a tough business.

I want to hire guys that fit that mold; I want guys where it's about the Philadelphia Eagles first, that check their egos at the door.

I just think you can't get caught up with who's on the other side. Everybody in the NFL is good. Every team is good.

I trust my instincts.

Football is a physical strenuous sport. These guys are running all of the time.

I didn't stay patient enough at times, maybe.

I tell the players all the time: ‘There is no magic play.' Players make the plays.

It's easy to sit in the press box and say, ‘Hey, they should run the ball.' Come down and stand on the sideline with me and make decisions. You should run it here, you should pass it here, let's throw a screen here, let's get the quarterback out of the pocket right here."

I'm not a big social media guy, I have no Twitter accounts, I don't have Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, I don't do any of that stuff.