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.
— Jon Gruden
I'm not good at Blackberrys, cell phones, or packing.
There's a lot of things I could've done better, and I regret not doing better. I do know I always gave it my best shot.
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.
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.
Some people feel pressure; some people don't.
Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his two years as a starter. He's got great charisma. He's polarizing for some people, but he's a rare talent.
I draw plays every day.
Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.
I just love football.
You never say never to nothing.
I love the AFC West.
I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.
I get excited when we make a play. I get excited when we make a first down.
I only live one time.
Julio Jones doesn't drop wide-open touchdown passes.
I miss high school football.
I love that Mel Gibson.
When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay.
All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.
This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that's ridiculous.
You have to keep trying to get better.
Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism.
I love finishers.
You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week.
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.
I don't know what's going to happen in the future; I just know this: I'm going to continue to give my best effort to the game, stay prepared.
If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for.
I think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that.
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.
There are some great video clips of me swearing, screaming at players, but I was also the biggest cheerleader in the league.
All it takes is one coach that believes in you.
Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker.
Just to get cufflinks on my shirt is a challenge.
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.
When the season ends, it's all about the next season.
When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.
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.
I coached the Bucs with a Florida State quarterback named Brad Johnson. Things worked out all right.
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.
It takes courage to pull the ball down and reverse field and do some of the crazy things that Favre and Manziel do. There's going to be consequences when sometimes it doesn't work out. But it takes a tremendous amount of guts and courage to go make a play when there's nothing there instead of throwing the ball away.
We used to tell our receivers, 'If you want to run an inside breaking route, and you want to fight for yardage after the catch, you better be careful, because these defensive players, they're on the hunt.'
All I really have in my life is my family and football. That's about it.
I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again.
I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess.
If you aren't winning, we are not going to be happy.
If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again!
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?
Anytime a guy gets traded at midseason - a young player - it's surprising.
