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" 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. "

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Jon Gruden

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Courage

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" Just to get cufflinks on my shirt is a challenge. "

" 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? "

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" This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that's ridiculous. "

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

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

Jon Gruden

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

" All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it. "

" In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others. "

" 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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Work

" I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people. "

" I don't know what's going to happen in the future; I just know this: I'm going to continue to give my best effort to the game, stay prepared. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's a lot of things I could've done better, and I regret not doing better. I do know I always gave it my best shot. "

" When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Jon Gruden

High School

Football

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Jon Gruden

Season

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" 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. "

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" I miss high school football. "

" 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. "