ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Scott Frost returned to UCF to find a motto of his first tenure still adorning the walls eight years later.

"Rise and conquer."

Frost coached UCF to its best season in program history in 2017, when the undefeated Knights — snubbed from the four-team playoff — finished the season No. 6 in the AP poll as the only team to receive first-place votes alongside national champion Alabama.

Now competing in the Big 12, and coming off back-to-back losing seasons, the Knights have turned to Frost to restore a culture they've been clinging onto since he left.

“Success is progress,” Frost said. “Sometimes it happens slower than you want, sometimes it happens faster than you want. But we have a saying around here that is still up on the walls when I got back from the first time

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