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“We push players beyond their limits and expectations every day. We ask them to take risks. Sometimes, as coaches, we have to remember to do that with our decisions, too.”
“Player safety has been an essential focus for us for a number of years.”
“My kids are athletic, but they don't run.”
“I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out of it and just trained for football and played ball for so many years - high school, college and the NFL.”
“As we say from time to time, it's hard to win in the National Football League.”
“Pay respect to your opponent.”
“Our philosophy here, guys, is we're going to work as long as we have to to get the work done. I'm not one that wants the coaches to compete to see who can get in the earliest, who stays the latest, who passes themselves on the way into work in the morning.”
“Our teams always play hard.”
“Some of the decisions that you make are not permanent.”
“I couldn't identify just one, but there's numerous rule changes and points of emphasis that have reflected a change on the field almost immediately. It's hard to avoid the horse-collar tackle, for example, but the players understand why the rule is in there - because of the injury rate prior to us making that a personal foul.”
“There's obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he's a runner. How's the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?”
“Typically, there's about 20, 25 percent turnover every year. So, every three or four years with the exception of, as is the case with the Patriots and the quarterback, you have a roster turnover.”
“It's not a born-again thing; it was a peaceful, really, really cool moment where I just felt that I was no longer the dad anymore. I actually had become a son, and it makes things much easier from a day-to-day perspective.”
“I've been a Rams fan for so long.”
“I was a pretty mediocre player.”
“Discipline is doing what you really don't want to do so you can do what you really want to do.”
“I'm not a real big text guy. I'm not really into this new age stuff. I don't twit or tweet, but I think face-to-face is a man thing.”
“From our perspective, the most important thing is what you do with the players, how you handle them, your ability to communicate with them.”
“It's my personal opinion, and I firmly believe, that it's important that I keep sports and politics separate.”
“Your receivers have to catch it, not drop it.”