Sean Payton

“We're not trying to run up the score on anyone.”

“When my wife and I relocated our family from Dallas, we had always dreamed of someday settling there.”

“When you have a player for a season, he's kind of giving you a chance to see what he's about, and there's a little bit of an audition there. But the same audition takes place for us.”

“Often times with what we do, the time we get to spend with our children is limited.”

“There is really only one way to be successful in this game no matter what your role - player, coach, executive: You have to believe. Because if you don't believe you can do the job. Why should anyone else believe you?”

“I think each game takes on kind of a shape of its own.”

“It's an honor to be named to the NFL Competition Committee.”

“I'm always curious as a playcaller when I hear the announcers say, 'You want to eat up as much time as possible and then score.' Well then, I want to know those three plays.”

“There is an amount of mental discipline in playing this game. I don't want to be first-and-15, honestly. I don't.”

“I don't like committees.”

“I can call, '22 Flanker Drive.' Boom. But if I call, '22 Flanker Drive, Halfback Burst,' I just helped the halfback out a little bit more. If I call, '22 Flanker Drive, Halfback Burst, X go.' Well, it's the same play, but I've alerted the X on a go. So it's information. And how much are you choosing to give? And who are you giving it to?”

“I wanted to write a book about the stories, ones that you sit around and tell your friends.”

“Beyond people, it's every detail, every little thing matters almost in an obsessive way. All of those details matter inside the framework of the field.”

“Trust in the process and letting it speak to you is important.”

“I like having no plans.”

“I think that it's really about the triangular relationship - ownership, front office, head coach. When we went to New Orleans - and I say 'we' because there were a lot of people involved - the quarterback was unsettled at that time. So I think ownership and the functionality of the front office is most important.”

“I didn't want to write another winning-on-the-field book or about modern-day leadership.”

“There's been a ton of studies being done now on your bone length as it pertains to your chances of playing a receiver position, chances of playing a defensive back position. How is your chassis basically made up of?”

“A friend of mine calls me Forrest Gump. I can't wait to get to the White House, like in the movie, and drink seven Dr. Peppers and tell the president, 'I gotta pee.'”

“I like Ted Ginn Jr. a lot.”