JLM on interviewing for defensive coordinator positions:
“That was after last season; I interviewd with John Fox on one day and turned the defensive coordinator job down, as I did the Philadeplhia Eagles job and a couple others. I just felt, at that point in time, that my passion was elsewhere. If my passion had been professional football, I would’ve taken one of those jobs. But it wasn’t. … You never know until you actually talk to somebody how you’re going to feel, and John Fox and I have a long, long relationship and I wanted to go out and hear what he had to say.”

JLM on UCLA’s recent history:
“I’m not an expert in that area yet, but I will be shortly. I can tell you what I want UCLA to become. I can’t tell you exactly where they’ve been, but I can tell you what I want UCLA to become. I want them – I want us – to become a football team that plays smart, plays hard, that plays relentless. That plays with great mental toughness and physical toughness and plays with a relentlessness that is obvious to everybody that watches us play. I want us to be a team that when we are in a situation when our best is demanded, we give our best. I want to fill the program with athletes who love to compete and thrive on competition. That’s what I want our football team to be.”

DG on the contract:
“It’s a five-year deal, worth approximately $12 million guaranteed, plus bonus and the usual perks.”

JLM on when he starts:
“Have not firmed the exact time but early in the week. If not Monday than Tuesday. Right now, I’m in Charlotte, preparing to do a game for Fox tomorrow. I had an obligation to do that. I will return to Seattle, get to L.A. as soon as I can. I’ve going to have to hire a great staff, and I have to do a great job of hitting the recruiting trail and going at it full-go.”