Jon Gruden Quotes
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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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When the season ends, it's all about the next season.
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I show up in a playoff game, I have my sideline sheet. I can't even spit plays out, I get so excited. I mean, you get nervous. These are critical, do-or-die situations. Third down and 1, Red Zone, what do I call? Two minute drill? Are we going to go no huddle? These are decisions that you wrestle with.
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You have to keep trying to get better.
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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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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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God bless Tony Romo.
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If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for.
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All I really have in my life is my family and football. That's about it.
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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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There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and 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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When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.
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I got kicked out of the league because I had a hard time sustaining at the quarterback position.
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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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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?
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I love Olivier Vernon, and I wish he knew how much I appreciate him by just watching him.
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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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I miss high school football.
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I just try to get the most out of every day and be prepared for anything.
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Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players.
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I spend most of my time looking at game film.
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All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.
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I think when you get Robert Griffin, one of the most explosive quarterbacks to ever play the position, in a Mike Shanahan-type system, the possibilities are very exciting, I think, with Mike Shanahan's imagination.