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" 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
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" 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. "
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" There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football. "
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" I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays. "
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" 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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" Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner. "
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" I just try to get the most out of every day and be prepared for anything. "
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" 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. "
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" There are some great video clips of me swearing, screaming at players, but I was also the biggest cheerleader in the league. "
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" You have to help your players understand that when they speak to the media, or when they tweet or text or e-mail, a lot of times, they become public knowledge. "
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" 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. "
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" Some people feel pressure; some people don't. "
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" A lot of people forget how extraordinary Elway was handing the ball off to Terrell Davis, and those bootlegs, those naked bootlegs off of those stretch plays was devastating. "
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" Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism. "
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" I spend most of my time looking at game film. "
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" Julio Jones doesn't drop wide-open touchdown passes. "
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" Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end. "
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" If you aren't winning, we are not going to be happy. "
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" I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again. "
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" 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. "
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" Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I love Olivier Vernon, and I wish he knew how much I appreciate him by just watching him. "
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" I love that Mel Gibson. "
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" I coached the Bucs with a Florida State quarterback named Brad Johnson. Things worked out all right. "
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" I'm not good at Blackberrys, cell phones, or packing. "
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" I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess. "
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