Jon Gruden
I got a lot of the greatest values in life from playing sports, from playing football - teamwork, sportsmanship, my work ethic, resiliency, dedication - I got it all by being on a team.Collection: Sports
All it takes is one coach that believes in you.
Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.
You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't.
I don't want to be a negative piece of barbed wire sitting up in the booth with all the answers. I think that's a turn-off.
It doesn't make much sense to blitz a guy that gets rid of the ball in less than 1.5 seconds.
Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.
You miss the adversity. The journey is what I'm talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team.
I miss high school football.
Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker.
Julio Jones doesn't drop wide-open touchdown passes.
Does the draft really matter? At the end of the day, at the end of your career, at the end of time, does it really matter?
I only live one time.
If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again!
There are some great video clips of me swearing, screaming at players, but I was also the biggest cheerleader in the league.
I get excited when we make a play. I get excited when we make a first down.
If you aren't winning, we are not going to be happy.
I really get excited when we win. I get really upset when we don't, and I hope that still has a place in the NFL.
I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.
I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess.
I think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that.
I love the AFC West.
I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again.
If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for.
You never say never to nothing.
All I really have in my life is my family and football. That's about it.
I don't know what's going to happen in the future; I just know this: I'm going to continue to give my best effort to the game, stay prepared.
I just love football.
We used to tell our receivers, 'If you want to run an inside breaking route, and you want to fight for yardage after the catch, you better be careful, because these defensive players, they're on the hunt.'
I've always coached energy, hustling, rushing to the pile, and if it is wiggling, you do hit it because guys are fighting for yardage, and sometimes, you've got to give up the ball because of one inch.
Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.
It takes courage to pull the ball down and reverse field and do some of the crazy things that Favre and Manziel do. There's going to be consequences when sometimes it doesn't work out. But it takes a tremendous amount of guts and courage to go make a play when there's nothing there instead of throwing the ball away.
You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week.
I draw plays every day.
Mariota is special in a lot of ways. He's a dynamic dual threat on the field, and he is humble - no-nonsense, full of character - off the field.
I love finishers.
Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his two years as a starter. He's got great charisma. He's polarizing for some people, but he's a rare talent.
I coached the Bucs with a Florida State quarterback named Brad Johnson. Things worked out all right.
Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism.
Some people feel pressure; some people don't.
Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He's the 'wildcat' who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it's Ronnie Brown, it's Jerious Norwood, it's whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.
You have to keep trying to get better.
In the NFL, you've got to get to the Super Bowl, and you've got to win it. That's the evaluation we're all accountable to.
When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.
This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that's ridiculous.
When the season ends, it's all about the next season.
All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.
There's a lot of things I could've done better, and I regret not doing better. I do know I always gave it my best shot.
There are not a lot of things that Andrew Luck can't do, but the thing I like about him is his work ethic. He's a workaholic, and that's what impresses me the most.
When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay.