Jon Gruden Quotes
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Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players.
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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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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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There's a lot of things I could've done better, and I regret not doing better. I do know I always gave it my best shot.
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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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All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.
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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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All it takes is one coach that believes in you.
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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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I love Olivier Vernon, and I wish he knew how much I appreciate him by just watching him.
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I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.
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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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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 ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.
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Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.
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I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game.
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I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess.
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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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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 love finishers.
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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 get excited when we make a play. I get excited when we make a first down.