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" Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end. "
Jon Gruden
Spectacular
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" I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game. "
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Guardians
Game
Kind
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
You
Imagination
Possibilities
" When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay. "
Jon Gruden
Love
Going
Football
" Simon Cowell is a pretty rough guy. "
Jon Gruden
Pretty
Simon
Guy
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
Way
Football
Team
" I hate to predict my future. I never really thought I would be a head coach at 34 years old. I never thought I would be traded to Tampa. I never even really thought I would be fired, even though I probably deserved it. I try not to predict things. "
Jon Gruden
Future
Thought
Try
" You never say never to nothing. "
Jon Gruden
Never
Say
Nothing
" I love Olivier Vernon, and I wish he knew how much I appreciate him by just watching him. "
Jon Gruden
Love
Appreciate
Wish
" Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players. "
Jon Gruden
Those
Nothing
Guys
" All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player. "
Jon Gruden
Coach
Player
Knew
" I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess. "
Jon Gruden
Mentality
Most
Than
" I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why. "
Jon Gruden
You
Myself
Try
" You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't. "
Jon Gruden
Passion
Intelligence
Knowledge
" Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising. "
Jon Gruden
Surprising
Guy
Young
" I love the AFC West. "
Jon Gruden
I Love
West
Love
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
Work Ethic
Him
Like
" All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it. "
Jon Gruden
Really
Football
Going
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
You
Media
Knowledge
" I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I wanted young guys that could help me - guys that can coach, guys that could study, guys that loved it, that would do it for nothing. That's how I got into coaching with the 49ers when John McVay hired me. "
Jon Gruden
Future
Coaching
Pride
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
Golf
Best
Great
" I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school. "
Jon Gruden
High School
High
Job
" When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people. "
Jon Gruden
People
Coach
Girlfriends
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
Some
Super
Denver
" I really get excited when we win. I get really upset when we don't, and I hope that still has a place in the NFL. "
Jon Gruden
Place
NFL
Excited
" I don't want to be a negative piece of barbed wire sitting up in the booth with all the answers. I think that's a turn-off. "
Jon Gruden
Negative
Answers
Sitting
" I break down the tape like I'm a quality-control coach, just like I was with the Packers in 1992. I break it down by hand, every play. "
Jon Gruden
Like
Hand
Down
" When the season ends, it's all about the next season. "
Jon Gruden
Season
Next
Ends
" I get excited when we make a play. I get excited when we make a first down. "
Jon Gruden
Down
Make
Play
" There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football. "
Jon Gruden
My Life
Family
Football
" If you aren't winning, we are not going to be happy. "
Jon Gruden
You
Be Happy
Going