Jon Gruden Quotes
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You have to help your players understand that when they speak to the media, or when they tweet or text or e-mail, a lot of times, they become public knowledge.
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I'm not a good golfer. I don't have any hobbies, really.
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I get excited for big games in December.
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When the season ends, it's all about the next season.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't.
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All I really have in my life is my family and football. That's about it.
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This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that's ridiculous.
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When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.
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Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away.
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I just love football.
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A lot of people forget how extraordinary Elway was handing the ball off to Terrell Davis, and those bootlegs, those naked bootlegs off of those stretch plays was devastating.
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If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again!
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The Gruden-McVay relationship goes all the way back to 1970. John McVay and my dad are best of friends. My dad continued to work with McVay as a 49er. When John McVay became the general manager, he hired my dad to be one of his scouts.
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There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football.
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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.
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We've got enough issues in this country without worrying about some of the things we're worrying about. It's unbelievable to me. And as long as I'm alive, I know what football gave me. It taught me my work ethic. It gave me a sense of discipline.
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To be a good analyst, you need to know what the trends are and what teams are doing.
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Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end.
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Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.
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When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.