Jon Gruden Quotes

United States, American Football Manager
August 17, 1963

Jon David Gruden (born August 17, 1963) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He had previously been the head coach of the Raiders from 1998 to 2001 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2002 to 2008. With the Buccaneers, he won Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003 in his first year with the team, defeating the Raiders, who had traded him to Tampa Bay the previous offseason. At the time, Gruden, aged 39 years, 5 months and 9 days, was the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl. Before returning to coaching in 2018, he served as an analyst for ESPN and Monday Night Football.

When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.

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- Great
You never say never to nothing.

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I love that Mel Gibson.

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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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- Wish
I just try to get the most out of every day and be prepared for anything.

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Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker.

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I love the AFC West.

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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.

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- Imagination

I think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that.

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I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why.

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- Done
- Why
All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.

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- Football
I love finishers.

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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.

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- Character
- Humble
I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.

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I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess.

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- Different
From the standpoint that you try to adjust your offense to your quarterback, you try to adjust your football team around your players. You do the best you can with the hand that you have, and you've got to add some parts along the way.

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- Team
- Hand
- Football
Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.

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- Guy
- Player
I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach.

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I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people.

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- People
- Football
I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game.

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- Game

It doesn't make much sense to blitz a guy that gets rid of the ball in less than 1.5 seconds.

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- Guy
If ESPN ever kicked me out the door and I had to get back to coach, I have to stay on top of what's going on.

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- Door
I get excited when we make a play. I get excited when we make a first down.

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Some of the best tape that I've ever studied was Mike Shanahan and John Elway in Denver, back-to-back Super Bowl win teams.

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