Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Marist is a special place.
Matt LaFleur's a great coach.
I like to be outdoors as much as possible.
I love being in a city with great weather.
The Gruden and McVay family ties run deep.
I have no life - other than I love football.
My job is to make the quarterback position as easy as we can.
You always want to surround yourself with better people than you.
There's no one I'd rather have as my quarterback. I love Jared Goff.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to be a head coach at some point.
Love that guy, and you can't say enough good things about Brandin Cooks.
You learn about people when they do go through a little bit of adversity.
With the inexperience I do have, I feel so fortunate to be around Wade Phillips.
Some of the best coaches I've been around are those people I worked with in high school.
Some of my closest friends in life are guys that I was able to play high school football with.
I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.
I think people underestimate when you have a brace on your knee how much that truly restricts you.
Whether it's a guy getting a big contract, getting a franchise deal, that comes with expectations.
As coaches, you want to be able to put your players in a system that's conducive to their success.
You look at Matt LaFleur and where he's been. It seems like successful quarterback play follows him.
I've been around great veteran coaches, and they want to help you grow as a coach if you're willing to learn.
It's funny, if you've ever met my grandfather, he's probably one of the most even-keeled men you'll ever meet.
When you talk about forming an offensive identity, it's about, first, let's figure out what our players do best.
We're trying to win football games, and whoever we feel like gives us the best chance is who's going to play behind center.
I could go on and on about my support for Kirk Cousins, and I feel fortunate to have been able to work with a guy like that.
There are certain players, certain leaders where, genuine and authentic, their message is going to resonate different than a coach.
Anytime that you get a chance to go from Washington to L.A., I think it's really just getting used to the three-hour time difference.
Especially in this league, you can have a tendency to look ahead, but really, it's about one taking one day at a time, one game at a time.
I probably don't have any room in my mind for anything but football. My dad tells me I'm a total vegetable outside of just knowing football.
Jon Gruden taught me the foundation of what I know about this game. Took me under his arm, taught me to see it from a big-picture perspective.
It's very important, when you talk about a player like an Aaron Donald, 'Hey, here comes Ndamukong. How do you feel about a player like that?'
That's one of the things I like about our business: our fraternity of coaches. As competitive as it is, guys find time to share when they can.
There is a mutual respect that exists between coaches and players, and ultimately, it's about us trying to help them reach their highest potential.
My grandfather has a whole lot of respect for Coach Carroll and the way he handled himself and the contributions he made to the 49ers organization.
To be able to win a state championship my senior year with the coaches and with some of my closest friends in the world - that was a special memory.
The only thing I can control is working as hard as I possibly can to do a good job and make people right on the opportunities that they've given me.
Since I got into coaching, Coach Carroll's been nothing but great to me and always been willing to help and share some advice and give a perspective.
It's always a consistent approach of trying to get better, listening and learning from everybody else, and then that will help you become a better leader.
You show me anybody that's great in anything they do, I'll show you somebody that's persevered, demonstrated that mental toughness to overcome some obstacles and adversity.
For whatever reason, I've always been interested in those types of things - leadership books and different ways to connect with people in a real, authentic, genuine type of way.
I think, a lot of times, we talk about asking our players to be accountable. But I know that I'm imperfect. And if I can't admit a mistake, then what does that represent to our guys?
If you get a chance to coach against one of your mentors, and a guy that taught you almost kind of the foundation of what you know about this game, I think it would be a fun, humbling opportunity.
It's kind of ironic that the only Super Bowl I've been to as a fan was when the Rams played the Titans. I was at that game. My grandpa, when he was still involved in the NFL, he got me tickets for my birthday.
I would say that I probably remember football stuff... but it's not like you see it once and then it's just there. I go back and watch film, watch plays, and, in my brain, I probably only have room for so much.
I think, in terms of looking at the trajectory and being around some of the same people, it's certainly flattering words, but I definitely have not done enough to be mentioned in the same sentence as Coach Payton.
One of the things that are consistent amongst all great leaders is they're a great teammate that is invested in the guys around them to raise the level of play. You do that by believing in guys and caring about them.
If we're going to ask our players to be coachable, we've got to be coachable as coaches as well. That displays an ownership and an accountability that we try to all have and makes the players more receptive to the messages we try to implement.
What you realize is when you have an environment and an atmosphere like we had at Marist, where guys cared about each other, the coaches were great teachers and communicators, whether it's high school, college or pro, I think coaching is coaching.
With any player, especially at quarterback, I don't care if you're talking Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or Drew Brees: you want to make sure to continue to hammer down the fundamentals, and it all starts with your feet. Everything starts with footwork.
The No. 1 job is to help a player reach their highest potential, and that's not possible without being able to relate with them. That's been helpful, and as far as my knowledge base is concerned, that stems from being around great coaches willing to share.