Jon Gruden Quotes
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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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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 compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why.
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Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players.
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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.
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I spend most of my time looking at game film.
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You never say never to nothing.
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All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.
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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 have a different mentality than most guys, I guess.
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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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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.
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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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I draw plays every day.
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I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.
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I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game.
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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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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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Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.
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I love finishers.
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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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Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.
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I used to take a lot of pride into what went into practice.
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I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach.