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Excerpt from video interview

Terry Mohajir: Gus, do you remember the first time we met?

Gus Malzahn: You made a good impression on me. You had a lot of energy, a lot of excitement. You were excited to be [at Arkansas State]. That made me feel better.

TM: I remember we met in a hotel in Jonesboro, Arkansas. I was interviewing for the athletics director job at Arkansas State, and you were getting prepared to play Oregon, who was No. 5 in the country.

GM: That wasn鈥檛 a good night.

TM: I could tell you were very focused.

GM: I had my game face on. But that was a tough road trip.

Why did you call me about this job?

TM: I know with your background and us working together before that you can help this program win 鈥� and win at a high level.

GM: Right when you got hired, I told my wife, 鈥淚f Terry calls, we鈥檙e going.鈥� It was probably about 30 minutes later, you called.

TM: Why do you think UCF can be the best program in the country?

GM: The foundation has already been laid 鈥� the great players, the great coaches, the great teams. You鈥檙e talking about a program that has played in three New Year鈥檚 Six games in the last eight years. I felt like for a long time if the right guy would ever get here and stay here and build it, it could be the best program in college football. That鈥檚 really what my thinking was in taking the job. Now that I鈥檓 here, I believe it even more.

We鈥檝e talked about having a chance to be the best football program in the country. How about the rest of the athletic programs here?

TM: I think we have the resources to win a national championship in every sport we have. As we continue to build our vision for the facilities and for what [President] Alex Cartwright wants from an academic mission standpoint 鈥� we have the best coaches, I believe, in the country. They are already here and are committed to build this program. We鈥檝e just got a lot of dedicated people that really believe that we can be one of the best athletic programs in the country.

A lot of people ask us, how do we define success? I鈥檒l let you go first.

GM: Success to me is having a goal as a team and a dream … and doing everything you can to achieve it. The second part is preparing for life. It鈥檚 kind of a two-part thing for me that really kind of goes hand in hand.

TM: Everybody starts out in different stages of their lives, and if someone can maximize their potential while they鈥檙e here at UCF 鈥� whether it be on the athletic fields or in the classroom 鈥� at the end of the day it鈥檚 about getting an education, getting a degree, getting a job and becoming great alumni of UCF. 鈥� We get to help produce outstanding alumni for UCF.

When people ask us, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 your greatest failure?鈥� I don鈥檛 think we look at any one moment as a great failure. We look at it as a learning opportunity. So even though people may look at it on the outside, and say 鈥淗ey, that鈥檚 a failure鈥�,鈥� we can learn from it and say, 鈥淵ou know what? I鈥檓 going to be better because of that moment.鈥�

GM: From a coach鈥檚 standpoint, probably my biggest motivation is from losses. I don鈥檛 think about winning the past championships. I think about a couple of hard losses 鈥� even one from high school in the state championship game that I probably think about once a week. But it motivates me. I just try to use those learning experiences, those negative experiences for positives in the future.

TM: I can remember, when I was a player, we actually were playing UCF and I had an interception in my hand. It鈥檚 probably at least once or two times a week I think about missing that interception. There are these moments in time, but do you get better from those times that you didn鈥檛 have success? That鈥檚 how I view failure or success.

Is there anything in your office now that when you look at it, motivates you or reminds you of why you do what you do every single day?

GM: Something I鈥檓 pretty proud of right there on my desk is the national championship ring [from Auburn in 2010]. It鈥檚 also a good conversation piece for recruits. Recruits have dreams and the fact that we won a national championship 鈥� been there, done that 鈥� I think is a pretty special deal.

TM: Rings aren鈥檛 so much about the championships. It鈥檚 about the work that goes into the championships. From my previous [job at Arkansas State], I鈥檝e got 25 conference championships [rings] from all the student-athletes and they鈥檙e a symbolism of life: I always say be a champion on the playing surface, be a champion in life, be a champion as a citizen and represent your family well.

GM: I think you鈥檙e right. We won a national championship and on the field, it was as good as you鈥檇 think. It was unbelievable. And I remember getting on the bus after the game and sitting down by my wife and [saying], 鈥淭hat鈥檚 it.鈥� In my mind, I built it up. And then the phone rang, and I started recruiting for the next class. So it helped me understand you鈥檝e got to enjoy the process of everything and achieving it. That鈥檚 the fun part. That鈥檚 what I told our coaches just the other day. I said, 鈥淕uys, we鈥檙e going to win a national championship here. And right now, there鈥檚 stuff we don鈥檛 have that we鈥檙e going to get. But the process 鈥� enjoy it. Don鈥檛 take anything for granted.鈥�

TM: You鈥檝e been at different places, whether it鈥檚 been high school, Arkansas State, Auburn, Tulsa 鈥� isn鈥檛 it amazing to [build] the foundation as opposed to just being the caretaker?

GM: That鈥檚 what makes me tick, and that鈥檚 what motivates me. This situation [at UCF] fits me perfect. I鈥檝e got a chip on my shoulder, our program has a chip 鈥�

TM: Me too.

GM: You definitely have a chip on your shoulder. So that鈥檚 why I think us all coming together at the right time just feels special and I think everybody around can kind of feel it and that鈥檚 what鈥檚 really exciting for me. 鈥� I want to win a national championship right here. That鈥檚 what I want to do. We say the future of college football is here. That鈥檚 not a marketing deal for me. That鈥檚 real life.