Nfl Quotes

The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them.

Do what you do and be who you are.

The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.

Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.

The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.

The key to his success? He's just faster than the guys chasing him.

Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.

Every day is not perfect.

You've got a goal in life. I've got a goal. Now all we need is a football team.

Dance with the one who brung ya.

Never make a major decision based solely on money.

Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.

The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.

I wouldn't walk across the street to piss down Don Shula's throat if he was on fire.

When we have public success we also have private struggles.

You have to feel you're the best at what you do. You don't have to come out and say it. But you have to know it within yourself.

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

In the long run, the cream always rises and the crap always sinks.

I'm in pro football to win, to have the Raiders dominate, to have the Raiders global, and we're not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium.

No matter what happens on the football field it doesn't change the kind of person I am.

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

Here's a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

I don't want records. I want a Super Bowl ring.

You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

I've always just loved to play football, even if it was street football, like razzle-dazzle.

I'll just say this. There was no way we were going to lose at home on this day in this in this city for all those people.

In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year.

I remember my mistakes more than my success.

We'll take what the other team gives us. We'll scratch where it itches.

Tonight is not a setback. It's just a learning experience.

I believe in working hard all the time. I have faith that working hard is going to get me where I want to go.

The defense should be expecting a run or a pass here.

We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge. It reminds me of a bunch of cows.

I have never forgiven myself…that I might have made a mistake.

Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.

I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?

winning is not everything it is the only thing

Well this week's all about Seattle, so we've been doing our best to prepare for the Seahawks. I'm doing that, our team's doing that and we'll be ready to go Sunday. That's our focus.

We have a strange and wonderful relationship - he's strange and I'm wonderful.

The guys who stick around are the smartest guys and the guys who are the most self-driven. You have to have drive. The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.

What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining.

Is this my best team ever? I won't know that for another 20 years or so.

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't.

Nothing's dangerous if you know what you're doing.

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.