Pete Carroll Fired Quotations

I got the chance to be myself. They just didn't like it. They fired me.

In 1999, I got fired as coach of New England. In three years in New England, we actually did better than most people think. We were 27-21, won the AFC division title, went to the playoffs twice.

It's been a big deal in this program about how we finish. Now it's the fourth quarter of the season. We've got three huge games coming up. We're just really fired up about it.

A bunch of us got fired at the end. It was a great first experience in the sense that it was the worst thing you could ever do in terms of coaching and development. Getting kicked out the first year, it was miserable.

I got a chance to be myself - they fired me. They just didn't like it. Your eyes are so big, and you're floating on the energy and excitement of it. ... When you get to game day and get to that stadium, all of the dreams that you live with as a kid come to the front.