Zac Taylor

“The people that we met when we lived in Cincinnati, the Midwestern values - I'm from Oklahoma, my wife's from Green Bay - we felt at home in the year we were here.”

“I don't think I'm ever surprised at how high the quarterbacks go. There could be a lot of teams that often times don't have a lot of first-round grades on guys that are going in the first round, and that's just the nature of the business.”

“I take a lot of pride in connecting with people - period.”

“If I try to be Sean McVay, I'm going to fail, to be quite honest with you. We're different people. I've learned a lot from him, but I'm going to be Zac Taylor and do the best I can my way.”

“Everyone in Norman knew our block. There were five kids in our neighborhood who started at QB in high school. We had Division-I athletes from a number of sports available to play at any moment.”

“I've been around some great coaches and learned a lot from every single stop I've had.”

“You dream about being in the shotgun and letting your receivers go to work, and making plays with no time left. That's definitely been a dream of mine my whole life.”

“Guys who aren't going to be brought down on first contact, they'll get you fired up. When you see guys spinning away and getting extra yards, it fires you up.”

“It's unfortunate to lose guys in their rookie year.”

“Troy Walters and I coached together.”

“Like any year, any year with any team, you're always going to look to the draft to help strengthen your roster and free agency.”

“It's easy to give up. It's even easier to start pointing fingers.”

“What I do notice is, man, I sleep hard. When my head hits the pillow at night, it feels like five o'clock rolls around real quick.”

“I learn so much from Sean McVay every single day that I'm around him.”

“Well, I think I've had the opportunity to be around some great coaches and players. And I have been able to learn a little bit, something different from every single one that I've been around.”

“And after my interview with the Bengals, I knew this was the job for me.”

“Peyton Manning's been my guy since the sixth grade. My cousin bought me a Tennessee Volunteers No. 16 jersey. He's been my guy since then.”

“I have a high opinion of Andy Dalton. Going back to 2010, I think I watched every single snap he played at TCU his senior year when I was at Texas A&M.”

“When you're out there, you aren't paying attention to who you're throwing to. You're looking for the guy that's open.”

“It's all ball, all the time. You have no excuse to not watch anything you've ever wanted to study in your life, especially in the offseason.”