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I hate hype.
I love the National Football League.
The more team speed you have, the better.
You can't have enough good running backs.
I'm the eternal optimist. That's who I am.
You can't have enough good football players.
I met Paul Brown, and I will never forget it.
As a person, you like to see young men mature.
If you can get more team speed, I'm all for it.
I love football. It's been very generous to me.
Good teams win in the fall. They don't win in March.
The National Football League is a very physical game.
Any good GM wants to field phone calls from his peers.
My faith tells me everybody should have second chances.
It's always good to see guys perform under adverse situations.
Ohio State University puts out some very fine football players.
Everybody has different cultures in the National Football League.
I have a lot of respect with Mike McCarthy and for what he's done.
Drafting is not only an art, but there's a degree of science as well.
Jaelen Strong's big. He runs really good routes. He's got great hands.
You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players.
I can do my job with the best of my peers in the National Football League.
When you mention the Cleveland Browns to me, it brings back vast memories.
I always try to look at kids like I'm in the locker room, and I'm a teammate.
I believe in a running back by committee. Always have. Always been taught that way.
I was very proud of my time in Kansas City. I thought we acquired a heck of a roster.
The fan base for the Cleveland Browns is more passionate than Green Bay Packers fans.
Any time you get a chance to acquire a really good football player, I'm all about that.
If it wasn't for Paul Brown, I probably wouldn't have a job because he basically evolved scouting.
Jamaal Charles is one of the finest running backs that's ever put on a Kansas City Chiefs uniform.
It's always good when the offensive head coach and the quarterback think like-minded. That's a good thing.
From a planning standpoint, you want to surround a first-year head coach with quality coaches at all levels.
I happen to love Chase Daniel. I love his competitive zeal, how smart he is, how knowledgeable he is about the game.
A personnel guy always wants to get his pick right. We live that every year. We want to make sure the pick is right.
I think, in today's football, you have to have a certain degree of technology. If not, you're living in the stone ages.
Winning is important in this league. Just check your ego at the door. It's all about winning. That's what we all should be striving for.
Guys that are competitive and love to play the game of football and love their teammates, you can't have enough of those guys on your team.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is a great leader, possesses the highest possible character, and also happens to be a Browns fan.
I think the most important thing is not only do you want to build a roster, but you also want to establish a culture within any given organization.
I couldn't be prouder to say that I work for the Cleveland Browns, and all I know is this: Jimmy and Dee Haslam, I have immense respect for these people.
This is a quarterback-driven league. We all know that, and we all know, to succeed and to go a little bit farther and farther and farther, you need one of those guys.
Football is what I know, it is what I love, it is what I have worked my whole career at, and I thrive on every element that goes into building a winning football team.
I've been in the league a lot of years, and I'll know a majority of the coaches, not only in the college ranks but in the professional ranks, both as head coaches, position.
I have no problems with a young man being allowed to understand the mistakes he makes, and let's move forward. Let's move forward, and let's not do it again. That is how I look at it.
I love the thought of the AAF giving players a chance to earn experience through playing the game of football at a high level. And letting players showcase their skills and continue to develop.
I'm OK with having a really good football player with a chip on his shoulder because he's going to come to prove to not only the people that didn't draft him, but himself, that I'm a pretty good football player.
A quarterback wants to come across in the interview process as confident, as having a vast understanding and knowledge of defenses, as being capable of leading a group of men. That's what you've got to convey to the teams.
I've always liked the history of the game of football, and then, when you mention the Cleveland Browns to me, it brings back vast memories, and I can't just wait to try to build and establish this thing and just move this thing forward.
You have to build your core nucleus of your team through your draft. What that does is you basically introduce them to your culture and your environment. Then, as guys begin to perform and play to that level, then you say, 'You know what? You guys deserve an extension, so here it is.'
Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and then, if you can, go acquire those assets that can best help this team get over the hump.