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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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" To be a good analyst, you need to know what the trends are and what teams are doing. "

" I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game. "

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

" If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for. "

" I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Some guys, nothing bothers them. Eli Manning is one of those players. "

" 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. "

" I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I wanted young guys that could help me - guys that can coach, guys that could study, guys that loved it, that would do it for nothing. That's how I got into coaching with the 49ers when John McVay hired me. "

" I love finishers. "

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" Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 have to keep trying to get better. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I got kicked out of the league because I had a hard time sustaining at the quarterback position. "

" 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. "

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

Jon Gruden

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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. "

" 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. "