Dabo Swinney said Thursday there is always “fuel for the fire” when asked at ACC Kickoff his reaction to Brian Kelly’s “Death Valley Jr.” comment.

On Wednesday, Kelly, the LSU coach, called Clemson’s Memorial Stadium “Death Valley Jr.”

“You want attention to detail on 4th and goal,” Kelly said. “You want great habits when they’re needed, when you’re on the road and you’re playing in Death Valley Jr., not the Death Valley. … That’s what you need. You need those traits on a day to day basis.”

LSU travels to Clemson to open the season.

Swinney, a Pelham, Alabama native, didn’t take the bait.

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“(It) isn’t going to have anything to do with blocking, tackling, and executing on game day,” Swinney said, per CBS Sports. “So, it makes it fun, but let’s go focus on what we have to do.”

Still, Swinney said, people use all sorts of things to get motivated.

“There’s always fuel for the fire,” Swinney said. “You can take whatever you want, everybody’s different, and they can be motivated by different things along the way.

“You know, Michael Jordan used to make stuff up, right? For those of you following Michael Jordan, he would just make stuff up, whether it was true or not, because that was how he motivated himself on some things. But, everybody’s different in that regard.”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter@Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.