Jon Gruden Quotes
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You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week.
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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'm not a good golfer. I don't have any hobbies, really.
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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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All I really have in my life is my family and football. That's about it.
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You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't.
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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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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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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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There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football.
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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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Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away.
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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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This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that's ridiculous.
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I just love football.
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If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again!
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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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Some people feel pressure; some people don't.
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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.
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When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There's no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren't playing like they used to. It bothers me.
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I hate to predict my future. I never really thought I would be a head coach at 34 years old. I never thought I would be traded to Tampa. I never even really thought I would be fired, even though I probably deserved it. I try not to predict things.