Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has always had a way with words.
And now the former Cowboys coach has a new book out. Released Tuesday, "Son of Bum, Lessons my Dad Taught me about Football and Life," is a book about his more-than-four-decade career as a coach and what he learned in life and football from his late father, Bum, the former Houston Oilers coach who died in 2013.
In his new book, which took him about a year and a half to finish, Phillips talks about winning a Super Bowl with Denver in 2015 and his time in Dallas.
Phillips was hired as the Cowboys' head coach in 2007 and three and a half years later was fired by owner Jerry Jones midway through 2010. Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett became the interim coach for the Cowboys and eventually was named Phillips' permanent replacement.
Here's a Q&A with Phillips about his book, his thoughts on Jones and Garrett and the recent decisions of Tony Romo and DeMarcus Ware to step away from football:
