Herm Edwards

“The thing you miss most, when you don't play and you don't coach, is the huddle. You miss the huddle. You miss the ability to walk in the room where collectively players are from everywhere. Every race, every religion, every color. It don't matter, because you've got a common goal. You're trying to be something special as a team.”

“I was a guy that worked out early in the morning.”

“Being a part of the NFL for 30 years was a blessing.”

“Coaches are well aware, especially at quarterback, that it's not the system but the player who comes first.”

“You gotta use a player's strength.”

“The thing about wisdom is you store the past in your head.”

“When you talk about domestic violence, it's not just athletes that are involved in it. Our society has really done a poor job of addressing it. And it needs to come to the forefront.”

“It doesn't matter where you grow up, what color you are, what religion you are. It's just a bunch of guys that come together for a common cause. Let's go win this game. It's called team.”

“I do the right thing on purpose. I don't do it by accident.”

“It wasn't the ghetto here or anything like that. But it got rough. I'll put it this way. I always knew where I lived. I always knew I was in Seaside. That wasn't plush. I wasn't in Monterey. I wasn't in Carmel. I was in Seaside. I knew what that meant.”

“I'm Catholic now, I'm Christian, watch out for them Devils.”

“We learn a lot of life lessons in how we play this great game, and I've been fortunate enough to be involved in it at every level.”

“I want to spend more time with my two daughters.”

“I believe you bet on yourself and you commit to something and you give all your energy and effort to it, and that's what I've done my whole life.”

“It's good to have somebody else say what you're thinking.”

“I won't change my character for anybody.”

“Too often, people equate discipline with cursing. When you go to Catholic school, the nuns don't curse a word, but you get discipline.”

“When you lose a good player, it's like losing a quarterback.”

“Training camp gets long when you compete against your own guys.”

“People who've watched me on television, they go, 'Oh, that's who this guy is.' So when I walk into their home, they say, 'Coach, you're that same guy! We trust you with our son.'”