Tennessee coach Butch Jones joined Erik Ainge and Brian Rice on The Erik Ainge Show Wednesday to talk about who he is rather than the team and player topics that he’ll discuss once players report on Friday and practice begins on Saturday.

You can hear Butch Jones’ pre-fall practice press conference on Friday at 11:30am here on Sports Radio WNML. We will be loaded here on the website with daily practice highlights, photos, audio and video interviews, practice reports and much more as we cover 2017 pre-season Tennessee football practice for you every single day!

Here are just a few quotes from the full Butch Jones WNML interview above.

Butch Jones on the football/family balance
“One of the best things I did this summer is be a dad and go to a couple of football camps.”

Butch Jones on how he spent his wedding anniversary with Barb
“Yesterday was our 25th wedding anniversary and everyone’s like ‘hey, what did you guys do, did you have a special night?’ I was in the office until about 9 o’clock at night, then got home, had dinner at the house, watched the kids swim in the pool and went to bed. You know you’re getting old when the anniversaries are kind of a day”

Butch Jones on what he would tell his 2012 self on his first day at UT
“Stay the course. There’s always going to be roadblocks. There’s always going to be naysayers. There’s always going to be individuals that want to take shots. That’s the nature of the business. Enjoy the journey along the way. Celebrate the small victories. Keep your eyes up and stay focused on staying the course and the journey. That’s to win championships here and develop a championship style football program in everything that we do, not just on the field but off the field and in the community. I would say just stay the course and keep working every day.”