Coach Curt Cignetti to INDIANA... Forever and Ever, Amen!

[Lebowski]

Pate is so far up the SEC's ars. You'd be poop faced if you had to drink every time he references that poop conference. Brutal. 

[maxwell]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

The 25:40 mark is everything. Great job by Pate, and yes, Cignetti's as an example of process and standards has been taught by me to large conferences of professionals that have no relation to football.

Stu, thanks for sharing. This is awesome. It's funny not long after I initially read this post I ran across the following video with a long Cignetti quote at the end of which I asked Gemini to quote.  I'm also curious and almost bet you have quite the collection of Cig quotes and wondering if you mind to share. Thanks in advance :]

Cignetti's Speech on Standards and Habits:

At the end of the video, Curt Cignetti delivers a speech centered on standards, habits, and the "edge." Here is the full quote from that segment:

"I bet on myself. I bet on myself big time. I like getting better. I feel compelled to improve and get better every single day because I do firmly believe that you get better or you get worse. You never stay the same. And if you're not striving, somebody else is, and they are catching your @$$, right? And you are getting worse. And I believe that.

One play at a time. Six seconds of play. Every play's got a life and the history of its own. It’s nothing—nothing. Not affected by success, not affected by failure. On to the next play. Never satisfied. Playing to a standard, not the circumstances of the game. Okay? It's not okay to let up because of the circumstances of the game because you're playing to a standard.

Standard habits. First you form your habits, then your habits form you. And you have in life freedom of choice, but not freedom of consequence. And with every action is an equal and opposite reaction. You're trying to find the edge every single day. Every single day. That's what you're trying to do is find the edge in whatever area. And it might be just your process and how you conduct yourself. And that edge may be in a different area every single day because team—TEAM: together everyone accomplishes more. And that's the truth." [15:51]

Video Details:

• Title: We Need To Talk About Curt Cignetti

• Channel: Mike Zarka Football Films

• URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym8ckzZVoDQ

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[LIHoosier]

3 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Rare to see him sit down for something longform and not spend the entire time looking like he'd rather be anywhere else. Maybe my favorite interview he's ever given.

Cig probably had the 2021 IU/W Kentucky game behind him to watch. The interview was good for the first half then it turned into the old SNL Chris Farley interview sketch.
Remember that time Coach when you were at Alabama....that was awesome.
Its amazing what you've done here in just two years but remember when you coached under Saban...man you worked for Nick Saban.

[Hovadipo]

23 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Cig probably had the 2021 IU/W Kentucky game behind him to watch. The interview was good for the first half then it turned into the old SNL Chris Farley interview sketch.
Remember that time Coach when you were at Alabama....that was awesome.
Its amazing what you've done here in just two years but remember when you coached under Saban...man you worked for Nick Saban.

Pate’s kind of whatever. He does some good stuff when he isn’t click-hunting, but you could see a twinkle in Cig’s eye when he started talking coaching trees and whatnot. 

[Brass Cannon]

Love how Cig nonchalantly said “First time at the White House for the team”. Because in his mind it’s a given they will be back