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" I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach. "

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" I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess. "

" I get excited when we make a play. I get excited when we make a first down. "

" 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. "

" Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains. "

" Simon Cowell is a pretty rough guy. "

" If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for. "

" Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players. "

" Having been in the league with five different franchises, I know what the meaning of Monday Night Football is. It's usually the best games and the greatest venue outside the playoffs. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Some people feel pressure; some people don't. "

" I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again. "

" I just love football. "

" 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. "

" Does the draft really matter? At the end of the day, at the end of your career, at the end of time, does it really matter? "

" You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week. "

" I think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that. "

" 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. "

" Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker. "

" I don't want to look at myself like I'm some superhero. But I'm not going to let people wipe their feet on football on my chest. "

" 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. "

" It takes courage to pull the ball down and reverse field and do some of the crazy things that Favre and Manziel do. There's going to be consequences when sometimes it doesn't work out. But it takes a tremendous amount of guts and courage to go make a play when there's nothing there instead of throwing the ball away. "

" When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks. "

" You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't. "

" I've been hitting up Hooters since 1983, and I can assure you nothin' says football season is here quite like watching the game on wall-to-wall flat screen TVs with the smell of Hooters world-famous chicken wings in the air and an ice-cold beer in your hand, served up with one-and-only Hooters hospitality, of course. "

" If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again! "

" All I really have in my life is my family and football. That's about it. "

" To be a good analyst, you need to know what the trends are and what teams are doing. "

" When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay. "