- Coach Jack Murphy: No man is an island. Whatever you do after graduation, you have to find your way with the people around you. They need to rely on you and you need to rely on them. Because the time may come when your success, your happiness, maybe even your flesh and blood survival will be at stake. And you won't make it on your own. So, yes, Kimball, you are here to learn. You are going to learn something that can't be taught in a book or a classroom. Out on that river, men, you will learn how to be a team. Not an island.