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" When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks. "
Jon Gruden
Against
Always
Great
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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 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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" 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. "
Jon Gruden
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" Some of the best lessons that I've ever learned are on a ball field - basketball, football, baseball, golf. And I learned great lessons from my coaches - being on time, being mentally tough, having some discipline, and being part of a team. "
Jon Gruden
Golf
Best
Great
" All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player. "
Jon Gruden
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Player
Knew
" You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't. "
Jon Gruden
Passion
Intelligence
Knowledge
" I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people. "
Jon Gruden
People
Young
Really
" I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game. "
Jon Gruden
Guardians
Game
Kind
" If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again! "
Jon Gruden
Never
Ever
Come
" I don't want to be a negative piece of barbed wire sitting up in the booth with all the answers. I think that's a turn-off. "
Jon Gruden
Negative
Answers
Sitting
" 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
" Some people feel pressure; some people don't. "
Jon Gruden
Pressure
Some People
People
" 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
" There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football. "
Jon Gruden
My Life
Family
Football
" I love finishers. "
Jon Gruden
I Love
Love
" I learned a lot from Al Davis, and I got a lot better as a coach. "
Jon Gruden
Coach
Learned
Lot
" When the season ends, it's all about the next season. "
Jon Gruden
Season
Next
Ends
" 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
" 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
" 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
You
Young
Football
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
Place
NFL
Excited
" I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why. "
Jon Gruden
You
Myself
Try
" Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising. "
Jon Gruden
Surprising
Guy
Young
" I draw plays every day. "
Jon Gruden
Every
Day
Draw
" 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
Like
Hand
Down
" When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay. "
Jon Gruden
Love
Going
Football
" All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it. "
Jon Gruden
Really
Football
Going
" 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
People
Coach
Girlfriends
" 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. "
Jon Gruden
You
Down
Know
" 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
Brother
My Life
Life