Jon Gruden Quotes
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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 draw plays every day.
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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 think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that.
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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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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 that Mel Gibson.
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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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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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All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.
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I love finishers.
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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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Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.
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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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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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I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game.
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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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I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people.
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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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Just to get cufflinks on my shirt is a challenge.
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I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach.