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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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" Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He's the 'wildcat' who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it's Ronnie Brown, it's Jerious Norwood, it's whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback. "

" 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. "

" 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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" I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why. "

" You miss the adversity. The journey is what I'm talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team. "

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" You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week. "

" In the NFL, you've got to get to the Super Bowl, and you've got to win it. That's the evaluation we're all accountable to. "

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

" I love Olivier Vernon, and I wish he knew how much I appreciate him by just watching him. "

" God bless Tony Romo. "

" All it takes is one coach that believes in you. "

" I just try to get the most out of every day and be prepared for anything. "

" Simon Cowell is a pretty rough guy. "

" If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again! "

" 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. "

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

" I used to take a lot of pride into what went into practice. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains. "

" 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. "

" You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't. "