All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.
It doesn't make much sense to blitz a guy that gets rid of the ball in less than 1.5 seconds.
I get excited for big games in December.
You have to help your players understand that when they speak to the media, or when they tweet or text or e-mail, a lot of times, they become public knowledge.
I spend most of my time looking at game film.
Some of the best lessons that I've ever learned are on a ball field - basketball, football, baseball, golf. And I learned great lessons from my coaches - being on time, being mentally tough, having some discipline, and being part of a team.
If you're a young kid out there, put away your Twitter accounts if you want to be a pro football player. Somebody's going to hack your account; somebody's going to cause you problems.
This whole social media scene makes me sick.
Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end.
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.
Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.
You think of Brady, you think of Rodgers, Roethliseber, Eli Manning. They're icemen. They have no feelings - none. They're able to concentrate on a snap-by-snap basis.
When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.
Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away.
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.
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.
I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people.
I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game.
We've got enough issues in this country without worrying about some of the things we're worrying about. It's unbelievable to me. And as long as I'm alive, I know what football gave me. It taught me my work ethic. It gave me a sense of discipline.
