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" 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

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" I get excited for big games in December. "

" I draw plays every day. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away. "

" Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising. "

" 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. "

" I've always coached energy, hustling, rushing to the pile, and if it is wiggling, you do hit it because guys are fighting for yardage, and sometimes, you've got to give up the ball because of one inch. "

" All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player. "

" We've got enough issues in this country without worrying about some of the things we're worrying about. It's unbelievable to me. And as long as I'm alive, I know what football gave me. It taught me my work ethic. It gave me a sense of discipline. "

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Long

Work

" 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. "

" I coached the Bucs with a Florida State quarterback named Brad Johnson. Things worked out all right. "

" 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

" You never say never to nothing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Simon Cowell is a pretty rough guy. "

" When the season ends, it's all about the next season. "

Jon Gruden

Season

Ends

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end. "

Jon Gruden

Spectacular

Blocking

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

" 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? "

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

Jon Gruden

Nobody

" 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. "

" 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. "

" This whole social media scene makes me sick. "

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Social Media

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