Jon Gruden

“I don't want to be a negative piece of barbed wire sitting up in the booth with all the answers. I think that's a turn-off.”

“It doesn't make much sense to blitz a guy that gets rid of the ball in less than 1.5 seconds.”

“I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school.”

“In the NFL, you've got to get to the Super Bowl, and you've got to win it. That's the evaluation we're all accountable to.”

“I've been hitting up Hooters since 1983, and I can assure you nothin' says football season is here quite like watching the game on wall-to-wall flat screen TVs with the smell of Hooters worl...”

“The Gruden-McVay relationship goes all the way back to 1970. John McVay and my dad are best of friends. My dad continued to work with McVay as a 49er. When John McVay became the general mana...”

“When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay.”

“I think when you get Robert Griffin, one of the most explosive quarterbacks to ever play the position, in a Mike Shanahan-type system, the possibilities are very exciting, I think, with Mike...”

“Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his two years as a starter. He's got great charisma. He's polarizing for...”

“You never say never to nothing.”

“Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker.”

“I break down the tape like I'm a quality-control coach, just like I was with the Packers in 1992. I break it down by hand, every play.”

“I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again.”

“You think of Brady, you think of Rodgers, Roethliseber, Eli Manning. They're icemen. They have no feelings - none. They're able to concentrate on a snap-by-snap basis.”

“I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people.”

“You have to be able to recognize defenses on your own in pro football. You can't look to the sideline and read some board. You've got to recognize the defense on your own, and then you've go...”

“I show up in a playoff game, I have my sideline sheet. I can't even spit plays out, I get so excited. I mean, you get nervous. These are critical, do-or-die situations. Third down and 1, Red...”

“I got a lot of the greatest values in life from playing sports, from playing football - teamwork, sportsmanship, my work ethic, resiliency, dedication - I got it all by being on a team.”

“There are some great video clips of me swearing, screaming at players, but I was also the biggest cheerleader in the league.”

“I hate to predict my future. I never really thought I would be a head coach at 34 years old. I never thought I would be traded to Tampa. I never even really thought I would be fired, even th...”