Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh 'honors work' with team shirts | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

VISIT MBUSA.COM FOR SPECIAL OFFERS, WE MAKE WAY FOR JIM HARBAUGH FOR SEASON CHARGERS HEAD COACH, WHO HAS IT BETTER THAN WE DO KNOW. NOBODY. HOW ABOUT THAT? WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF MILEAGE OUT OF THAT, THAT STORY YOU TOLD US WHEN YOU AND YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER ARE WALKING, WHAT A MILE TO WHEREVER, AND YOUR DAD MADE, IT SEEM LIKE GOT THE GREATEST LIFE IN THE WORLD. AND UH, DID DAN. UM, OUT 1 DAY. WE'RE LIVING IN IOWA CITY, IOWA. WE HAD A, WE HAD A DEALER CAR, BUT FOR SOME REASON THAT DEALER CAR WASN'T THERE THAT DAY AND UH, NO CAR TODAY, BOYS, WE'RE WALKING. JOHN GRAB A BASKETBALL HUNTER WITH THE RIGHT. THEN A 100 WITH THE LEFT. JIM. GET A BASKETBALL 100 LEFT. WE'RE WALKING, WHO'S GOT A BETTER THAN US. NOBODY DEAD. NOBODY UH, NOW DO YOU SAY THAT? DO YOU SAY THAT TO YOUR TEAM? DO THEY? UH THEY LOOK AT YOU AND GO. OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS, BUT YOU ABOUT IT. YEAH, NO, IT'S IT'S THE, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE LAYERS OF IT. UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, IT'S JUST A WAY OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US. NOBODY, THAT'S A PROSPECTIVE. UM, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS THE THE LAYER OF HEY, THERE'S THERE'S OF ANKLE WEIGHTS OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A GOOD OR SOMEBODY ELSE HAS GOT A BETTER BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE THING THAT'S THAT'S UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING YOU OVERCOME SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU BETTER, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A KID WANTING TO BE A MAJOR LEAGUE SHORTSTOP, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE PROBABLY THE TIME I WAS UH, I I WAS DESTINED AND BORN TO BE, UH, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THERE WAS KIDS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WHO HAD IT A LOT BETTER THAN I DID, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A FIELD THEY UH, THEIR THEIR BALL. GLOVE WAS A WAS A MILK CARTON. UH, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF BAD HOPS TURNED OUT THAT THEY HAD A BETTER THAN I DID BECAUSE I HAD A GLOVE AND I HAD A HAD A DECENT FIELD. UM, AND THEN THIS IT'S THE UH, IT'S THE THING THAT I REALLY SAY AND MY DAD SAID TO US AS A FAMILY. AND I THOUGHT WHAT HE WAS REALLY SAYING WHEN HE SAID, WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US? YOU KNOW, JIM AND JOHN. HE WAS REALLY TELLING US THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HE WAS THE LUCKY 1 TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO BE A DAD AND HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, THIS FAMILY. AND WHEN WE SAID NOBODY BACK THEN, WHAT WE WERE REALLY SAYING WAS, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THE, WE LOVE BEING IN THIS FAMILY, SO IT'S IT'S CARRIED ON, YOU KNOW, FROM 1 GENERATION, UH, TO THE NEXT. AND WHEN I SAY IT, I SAY IT ABOUT MY 2. I SAY IT TO MY 2, GREAT LOVES MY FAMILY AT HOME AND MY, MY FAMILY AT WORK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO COACH THAT COULD COULD HAVE IT BETTER THAN BE COACHING, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IN THIS ORGANIZATION WITH THESE PLAYERS AND THESE COACHES, AND I SAID, WHEN I SAY IT TO WAY LIKE IS TELL ME ABOUT YOU. GAVE EACH OF YOUR PLAYERS A WORK SHIRT WITH THEIR NAME, THE PATCH. THE LIGHTNING BOLT LOGO ON THERE. SO SOMETHING AN AUTO MECHANIC MIGHT WEAR. WHY DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, DO OH, MY BLUE COLLAR SHIRT RIGHT HERE. LIKE OR A BLUE COLLAR. GUY MIGHT WEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OLD SCHOOL. YEAH, YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING YOU MENTIONED THAT AT UM THAT UH YEAH. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A IT'S A MOTIVATIONAL UH, SHIRT. IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, IT HONORS IT HONORS WORK. AND, UM, THAT'S THAT'S THE FIRST LAYER OF THAT. AND THE SECOND LAYER, YOU KNOW, FOR ME. AND AND REALLY EVERYBODY IS, UH, I'M HONORING THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. THAT DID THE, DID THE DIRTY WORK? YOU KNOW. UM, AND EVERYBODY'S GOT IT, YOU GOT IT. I'VE GOT IT. UH, SOME PEOPLE GOES BACK 1 GENERATION TO THEIR UH, OR IT GOES BACK TO THEIR GRANDPARENTS. UM, MAYBE THEY'RE GREAT GRANDPARENTS NOT VERY OFTEN BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY DAN. I KNOW THAT UH, YOU KNOW DID MAYBE DID A JOB THAT THEY DIDN'T LOVE TO DO BUT THEY DID IT TO PUT A ROOF OVER THE FAMILY'S HEAD AND AND UH, IN MY CASE THAT'S THAT'S UH, MY 2 GRANDSONS JOSEPH PITI. THAT'S MY MOM'S DAD AND UH IN FACT HE HE HE, UH, HE WENT TO WORK. HE HAD A FULL-TIME JOB SINCE HE WAS IN THE SIXTH GRADE. HE HAD TO UH, HE HAD TO LEAVE THIS, THE SIXTH GRADE AND GO WORK FOR HIS FAMILY. CAME OVER FROM ITALY WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD AND UH, IN FACT, HE WORKED IN A IN A FILLING STATION, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS HIS JOB. UM, AND THEN HE BECAME A BECAME A SELF-TAUGHT MECHANIC AND UH, BEFORE BEFORE HE WAS DONE, HE GOT SO GOOD AT BEING A MECHANIC THAT HE WAS, HE WAS TREATING TREAT, UH, TEACHING. MECHANICS AT UH CLEVELAND TRADE SCHOOL AND HE WORE SHIRT SHIRT LIKE THIS. JUST EXACTLY LIKE THIS. I REMEMBER GROWING UP AND HIS SAID JOE ON IT AND MY DAD'S DAD BILL HARBAUGH IT WAS A BRAKEMAN ON A TRAIN, UH AND HE WORE THE WHERE THE WORE THE SAME KIND OF SHIRT AND IT IT SAID BAIL, UH, AND HE AND HE BECAME AN ENGINEER, AND BUT THE THE BOTTOM LINE WAS HE GOT, HE GOT MY, HE GOT MY DAD, AND, AND HIS KIDS TO COLLEGE, UH, MY DAD WENT TO BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY. MY MOTHER, JACKIE, UH, ALSO WENT TO BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, THAT'S WHERE THEY MET, MY DAD PLAYED FOOTBALL. AND, UM, MY MOM WAS A CHEERLEADER, BOTH BECAME EDUCATORS AFTER, UM, AFTER AFTER COLLEGE. AND AS MICHELLE OBAMA SAYS, I MEAN, THE CLOSEST GUARANTEE YOU HAVE UH, TO SUCCESS IN IN LIFE IS EDUCATION. AND I I BELIEVE THAT BUT AND AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWED MY MY MOM AND DAD TO DO DO A JOB. THEY LOVE MY DAD BECAME A COACH AND UH AND THEN UH YEAH THAT BUT I I LOOK BACK AND I HONOR, I HONOR JOE, JOSEPH PITI AND BILL HARBAUGH FOR UH, DOING THE JOB. THE, THE DIRTY WORK THAT UH, FOR FOR THEIR FAMILY. SO PIECE TO THAT. TO THAT UH, TO THAT WORKSHEET. THANKS, THANKS FOR ASKING THAT. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING VERY TO ME AND OUR FAMILY. HE'S JIM HARBAUGH THE CHARGERS WON THEIR OPENER. BEAT THE RAIDERS. NEXT GAME WILL BE COMING UP NEXT SUNDAY, THEY'LL FACE THE PANTHERS. YOU GOT THE GAME BALL. HOW MANY, HOW MANY GAME BALLS HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED? DO YOU SEEM KIND OF SURPRISED EMOTIONAL AFTER THE GAME? UM, THAT WAS UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A, A GREAT MOMENT. THERE'S UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S 1 OF THE IT'S 1 OF THE BEST FEELINGS. THERE IS, UH, OF A TEAM, AND YOU'RE, UH, HARD FOR, UH, FOR FOR YOUR TEAM, TO HAVE SUCCESS, YOU KNOW, THE BETTERMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE BETTERMENT OF OF ALL OF ITS MEMBERS WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER AND UH, THAT'S THAT'S A TREMENDOUS FEELING OF VICTORY FEELING OF WINNING AND AND MR. SPANOS UH GIFTED MYSELF AND AND JOE ORTIZ UH A GAME BALL AND THAT WAS THAT WAS UH THAT WAS THAT WAS COOL TO BE A PART OF I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT WINNING MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE CHARGERS. LET ME GO BACK TO YOU LEAVING. MICHIGAN, THE LANDSCAPE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, WHAT ROLE DID THAT PLAY? IF ANY AND YOU WANTING TO LEAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO GO BACK TO THE NFL, WELL, IT'S IT WAS IT WAS UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A PIECE, A PIECE TO THE UH, THE PUZZLE. I THINK, I THINK UH I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME, MAYBE MAYBE I'M GETTING THAT WRONG, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE CHANCE TO TO WIN A WIN, WIN A SUPER BOWL, WIN, A CHAMPIONSHIP TO JUST, SIMPLY BE KNOWN AS UH, AS WORLD CHAMPIONS THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS, THAT'S, DEFINITELY A PIECE TO THE PUZZLE. UM, BUT NIL TRANSFER PORTAL DIDN'T HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON, YOU KNOW, NICK SABIN'S TALKED ABOUT THIS, SOME OF THESE OTHER, YOU KNOW, HIGH-PROFILE COACHES THAT YOU WANT TO COACH. NOW, YOU GOT TO BE WORRYING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY, UH, KIDS CONSTANTLY TRANSFERRING IN AND OUT IS THE NFL SIMPLER. I ALWAYS LOOKED AT THAT AS UH, AS, AS REAL POSITIVES, UH, CHANGE THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE. UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT'S TAKEN, YOU KNOW, 50, SOME YEARS FOR FOR, UH, THERE TO BE REVENUE, SHARING STILL, NOT THERE YET, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY OPINION THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S IT'S UH, WEEK 2, IT'S WEEK 2 FOR THE UH, LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AND YOU KNOW ALL THE ALL THE FOCUS AND ATTENTION IS IS, IS REALLY THERE. BUT, UH, YEAH, I WAS JUST, UH, IF YOU WOULD WANT A SUPER BOWL, WOULD YOU HAVE GONE BACK TO THE NFL IF YOU HAD ALREADY WON? QUESTION. UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS LIKE THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO I WANT TO SEE IF I IF I UH IF I MEASURE UP IF I CAN COME INTO THIS ORGANIZATION AND AND ADD VALUE. YEAH. THAT UH, THAT'S UH, THAT'S A PIECE OF IT, TOO. I YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE CHALLENGE AND UM THIS THIS UH, THIS LEAGUE YOU'VE HEARD OF HEARD A THOUSAND MILLION PEOPLE SAY IT. I MEAN IT'S IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET A WIN UH, AND IT'S IT'S UH IT'S IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. I HAVEN'T DONE IT TO YOUR QUESTION. I REMEMBER, UH, I REMEMBER IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, IT'S LIKE THE FIELD OF DREAMS MOVIE. UH, MARIN BURT. LANCASTER, YOU KNOW, WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS PLAYING DAYS AND UH, HE WALKED OFF THAT FIELD I REMEMBER IT WAS ALMOST LIKE OTHER DAYS, BUT THERE WERE NO OTHER DAYS. YEAH, I, I WALKED OFF THAT SUPER BOWL FIELD AND, UH, IN NEW ORLEANS, THINKING THEY'LL THEY'LL BE ANOTHER DAY, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER DAY. YOU DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DAY. SO UH THEY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK UH BACK BACK IN POSITION TO BE IN POSITION. UH YOU KNOW I'M SURE GOING TO ATTACK IT WITH AN ENTHUSIASM UNKNOWN TO MANKIND. WE JUST HAD ALEX SMITH ON LAST HOUR AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A HARD BALL STORY AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW THAT GUY. HE HE SAYS, ALL I WANTED TO DO, WAS PLAY FOOTBALL, COACH FOOTBALL, AND THEN DIE. THAT'S TRUE. I I, I'VE SAID THAT I THOUGHT THAT I I'VE UH, SO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU PLAY FOOTBALL, YOU'RE GOING TO COACH FOOTBALL AND YOU'RE GOING TO COACH PLAN. THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN THE PLAN. YEAH. DOES YOUR WIFE KNOW, THAT'S THE PLAN? THAT'S BEEN THE PLAN SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. I, I, I MUST ADMIT THAT. UH, I REMEMBER BEING IN BOWLING GREEN, MY DAD WAS COACHING AT BOWLING UH, TO GO TO, THE KINDERGARTEN GO TO SCHOOL. LIKE, VISUALIZE THAT I WAS LIKE, UH, UH, WHEN HE WHEN HIS TEAM AND HE WOULD GET OFF THE BUS, YOU KNOW, AND THE PLAYERS WOULD GET OFF THE BUS. I USED TO JUST PICTURE BEING ON THE ON THE TEAM BUS, YOU KNOW, GETTING OFF THE BUS AND LIKE I WAS WALKING INTO THE, UH, KIND OF MIXED THE LITTLE HAIRS ON MY ARMS STAND UP BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEEN BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH. MY WHOLE LIFE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEN. AND I I HAD THAT UH THOUGHT AS A 5 AND A HALF 6 YEAR OLD LIKE YEAH THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I'M GONNA I'M GONNA PLAY AS LONG AS I CAN THEN COACH AND THEN THEN DIE. UH, THAT WAS YEAH, I MEAN IT'S IT'S GENUINE TO WELL, I REMEMBER BRENT MUSBURGER SAYING THAT TO ME JOE PATERNO HE SAID HE WILL NEVER RETIRE. JOE PATERNO WILL DIE. LIKE, HE'LL COACH UNTIL HE DIES AND, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, THAT'S MY FEAR WITH JOE PATERNO AND HE PRETTY MUCH DID THAT TILL THEY KIND OF, CURB. I JUST HAVE SO MUCH GRATITUDE DAN UH, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR FOR UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT I LOVE. AND, UH, AND IT'S I HAVE A JOB, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO WORK, YOU KNOW, WORK TO ME IS UH YOU PROBABLY SAW IT IN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT IN IN, IN THE WORK SHIRT THERE. BUT THERE'S, UH, AND ETHIC I GET FROM FROM WATCHING MY, MY DAD AND MY MOM AND MY GRANDPA'S, AND MY AND UH FAITH FAMILY. FOOTBALL THAT, UH, THAT'S THAT'S CORE. SO, UH JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP KEEP PRAYING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN CAN HAVE 1 MORE DAY TO WORK ON FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, WORK ON UH, GOING TO CAROLINA AND AND SEEING IF WE CAN, UH, GET WIN. NUMBER 2, WE'RE CAN'T BE, YOU CAN'T BE 2 AND 0 UNLESS YOU WANT TO KNOW WE'RE THERE. NOW IT'S NOW THAT IS FACTUALLY. TRUE. YOU CAN'T BE 2 AND UNLESS YOU'RE 1 AND 0 SO JUST SAYING, YEAH, I JUST HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. I MEAN UH, I MEAN UH, AND JUST GONNA JUST GONNA AND MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, SARAH NOBODY. NOBODY GOT IT BACK THEN. I UH, YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY NOBODY'S GOT IT BETTER THAN SHE DOES BECAUSE SHE'S MARRIED TO YOU KNOW KNOW KNOW SHE'S I'M THE LUCKY 1 AGAIN. I GOT I DREW THE LONG STRAW THERE, MR. PATRICK, ALL RIGHT BEFORE GOING TO PLAY THE WHAT CAN'T BE YOU CAN'T BE 2 AND 0 GONNA PLAY THE WHAT DID JIM FIRST. SOME KIND OF YOGURT WITH GRANOLA OR SOMETHING, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, SEAN I THINK JUST A, A LITTLE EGGS AND BACON. OKAY. THAT'S OLD SCHOOL MIDWEST. MARVIN TURKEY AND EGG WHITES TURKEY AND EGG WHITES. WOW. PAULIE COACH HAS NO TIME FOR BREAKFAST AT HOME. HE SHOT OUT OF A CANNON. I THINK A STAFFER LEAVES A BANANA ON HIS DESK EFFICIENCY. GET BACK TO COACHING. I'M GOING TO SAY NO BREAKFAST YET. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU YOU WERE BOTH RIGHT? THERE'S BEEN UH THERE'S BEEN NO BREAKFAST, THERE'S NO TIME. SHOW A DIET COKE DIET COKE OR DIET, PEPSI 1. IT. LIKE I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT STEAK AND EGGS BUT UH YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T OF MILK. WE'RE UP, WE'RE UP AND AT ATTACKING. OKAY. UH, GOOD LUCK AGAINST CAROLINA, GOOD TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN AND THANKS FOR JOINING. THANK YOU, MR. PATRICK, I, UH, I WAS JUST, I'M JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO BRING UP THE 2-FOOT, PUTT THAT I MISSED THAT, UH, AT LAKE BACK IN THE 90S I'M TRYING TO I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT POSITIVE. EVERY INTERVIEW YOU'VE EVER YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON TO CAROLINA. I'M ON TO CAROLINA. I'M BELT. I'M BELICH, WE'RE NOT FORWARD HERE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE THE BEST DAN. THANK YOU. THAT'S JIM HARBAUGH. WHO HAS IT BETTER THAN WE DO?