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" Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner. "
Jon Gruden
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" This whole social media scene makes me sick. "
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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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" 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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" You miss the adversity. The journey is what I'm talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team. "
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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 just try to get the most out of every day and be prepared for anything. "
Jon Gruden
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" I love the AFC West. "
Jon Gruden
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" 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
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" I draw plays every day. "
Jon Gruden
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" I had all kinds of different quarterbacks. But we never drafted a first-rounder. "
Jon Gruden
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" I get excited for big games in December. "
Jon Gruden
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" I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach. "
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" Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism. "
Jon Gruden
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" You have to be able to recognize defenses on your own in pro football. You can't look to the sideline and read some board. You've got to recognize the defense on your own, and then you've got to communicate to your offensive teammates what you want them to do. "
Jon Gruden
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" We used to tell our receivers, 'If you want to run an inside breaking route, and you want to fight for yardage after the catch, you better be careful, because these defensive players, they're on the hunt.' "
Jon Gruden
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" If it wasn't for football, a lot of the best times of my life, my brother's life, my dad's life, wouldn't exist. "
Jon Gruden
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" Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end. "
Jon Gruden
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" Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker. "
Jon Gruden
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" A lot of people forget how extraordinary Elway was handing the ball off to Terrell Davis, and those bootlegs, those naked bootlegs off of those stretch plays was devastating. "
Jon Gruden
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" 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
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" 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
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" When the season ends, it's all about the next season. "
Jon Gruden
Season
Next
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" I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again. "
Jon Gruden
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" I show up in a playoff game, I have my sideline sheet. I can't even spit plays out, I get so excited. I mean, you get nervous. These are critical, do-or-die situations. Third down and 1, Red Zone, what do I call? Two minute drill? Are we going to go no huddle? These are decisions that you wrestle with. "
Jon Gruden
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" 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. "
Jon Gruden
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" There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football. "
Jon Gruden
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" You never say never to nothing. "
Jon Gruden
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Nothing
" 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
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" To be a good analyst, you need to know what the trends are and what teams are doing. "
Jon Gruden
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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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