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" 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. "

Jon Gruden

Better

Free

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" If you aren't winning, we are not going to be happy. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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" When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks. "

" 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. "

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" There are not a lot of things that Andrew Luck can't do, but the thing I like about him is his work ethic. He's a workaholic, and that's what impresses me the most. "

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" I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess. "

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

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

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