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" I spend most of my time looking at game film. "
Jon Gruden
My Time
Most
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" 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. "
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" I think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that. "
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" I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess. "
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" I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach. "
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Coach
Learned
Lot
" I had all kinds of different quarterbacks. But we never drafted a first-rounder. "
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Had
Different
Drafted
" 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. "
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" I just love football. "
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Just
Football
" You want to take a charge from LeBron James coming down the lane with no helmet on - that's dangerous. But you know what? Some people like to do that stuff. So leave them alone. "
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" 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. "
Jon Gruden
Able
You
Think
" Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end. "
Jon Gruden
Spectacular
He
Blocking
" There are some great video clips of me swearing, screaming at players, but I was also the biggest cheerleader in the league. "
Jon Gruden
Cheerleader
Great
Me
" Mariota is special in a lot of ways. He's a dynamic dual threat on the field, and he is humble - no-nonsense, full of character - off the field. "
Jon Gruden
Special
Off
Character
" It doesn't make much sense to blitz a guy that gets rid of the ball in less than 1.5 seconds. "
Jon Gruden
Sense
Much
Guy
" Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker. "
Jon Gruden
Nobody
Like
He
" Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains. "
Jon Gruden
Measure
Matter
Why
" 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
" If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for. "
Jon Gruden
Great
Leader
Work Ethic
" In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others. "
Jon Gruden
Week
Best
Football
" 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
" Some people feel pressure; some people don't. "
Jon Gruden
Pressure
Some People
People
" Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his two years as a starter. He's got great charisma. He's polarizing for some people, but he's a rare talent. "
Jon Gruden
Great
Loss
People
" Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner. "
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See
Want
He
" Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players. "
Jon Gruden
Those
Nothing
Guys
" I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game. "
Jon Gruden
Guardians
Game
Kind
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
Play
Consequences
Courage
" All it takes is one coach that believes in you. "
Jon Gruden
You
Coach
Takes
" You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week. "
Jon Gruden
Newspaper
Day
Every Day
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
People
Feet
Football
" All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player. "
Jon Gruden
Coach
Player
Knew