I'm always going to be myself and I'm a good person.
— Rex Ryan
At the end of the day, I'm responsible for the product on the field.
I supported Donald Trump, I sat back when he asked me to introduce him at a rally in Buffalo, I did that.
I miss the preparation for game week and all the things. I miss the draft and getting prepared for that. I grew up in this business, that's all I've ever known.
I mean, as a coach, as a leader of an organization, you represent your fan base and everybody that works and all that, and that's passion.
Obviously my dad served in the Korean War. He was a Master Sergeant when he was 18 years old.
It's hard to win with rookie quarterbacks, as I know.
I want to win the damn Super Bowl. That's what drives me.
I want to be a better head coach than my father.
Coming here to the New York Jets, where my father once coached and was part of the Super Bowl III staff, is fantastic. I look around at the facilities and the people they have in place and see a first-class organization. I'm just proud to be part of it.
I don't put others down; I talk my team up.
Kiko Alonso is a tremendous football player.
We have won five Super Bowls as a family, but we want to win our sixth at some point. And I want to win it as a head coach, because that has never been done in our family.
There's nothing like gameday.
I know I put forth an effort to try to build a championship team and to be a champion. And it hasn't worked out.
If I think a guy should handle things differently, I'm going to say it.
I've been a big admirer of Tony Dungy, and I'm sure a lot of people are, but he unfairly judged me, and that was disappointing to me.
You'll remember every damn loss. But the wins? You don't necessarily remember.
Right away I'm associated with what Donald Trump stands for and all that because I introduced him. I never signed up for that, I never wanted that. That doesn't mean I support 100 percent of the things he says.
I never realized how similar that I am to Tom Brady. mean, the obvious physical appearance would be the first thing. The fact that he's married to a supermodel? Hello? Yeah, I'm also married to a supermodel.
How do you make a young quarterback better? You build a running game around him.
I've always had a huge appreciation of the military.
I want success for Woody Johnson, I do.
I don't want to just be known as good. I want to be special.
My goal is to win a Super Bowl. It's not to just win X number of games.
It's been a dream of mine to become a head coach in the NFL.
I'm not as tough as my Dad.
I think when you take a job, you assume you can win regardless of what they have or don't have.
Our dad is recognized as being one of the great defensive coaches, probably arguably the best, in the history of the game. You can't say he's not in the top five, certainly.
I like competing against the very best.
Everybody knows me, I circle the Patriots. That's what I do.
I don't know this Channing Crowder. All I know is that he's all tatted up, so I guess I ought to be nervous about him. If I was younger, I'd probably handle him myself.
You know me; I make some comments that aren't really good.
Dez Bryant's a great player. You can't take that away from him.
My wife just so happens to make an amazing bean dip.
I have no problem at all if somebody disagrees with me on my politics, or on this, that or whatever. That's fine.
I'm really high on Josh Allen. He reminds me of Ben Roethlisberger. He's got the big arm. He's a very good athlete.
I'm not a red wine guy.
I'm not a one-hit wonder. When you look at my background, I think I've been successful at all stops along the way. I know the kind of responsibility it takes to be a head football coach.
I'm not afraid of expectations.
I end every speech the night before a game with, 'Now, let's go get a snack.'
I'm a football fan first and foremost, but I've been given an incredible opportunity to be a football coach in the National Football League.
I'm not going to kiss any rings from anybody.
When Dad looked at football players, he would take them in his own image. That's what he grew up around; that's what he was when he was a master sergeant in the Korean War. That's what I took, and that's what I want on my football team.
Sometimes you can't accomplish all your goals in life.
So many times, I notice nobody will say a bad word about a team or situation because they're worried about their next job. I'm not worried about that.
