The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.
If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.
We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback-driven league. We need the Peyton Mannings in football uniforms out there playing -- the Tom Bradys, the Drew Breeses, the Philip Riverses -- we need those guys instead of them standing on the sideline.
I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record, everything stinks, and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.
I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach, then a football broadcaster. It's been my life. Pro football has been my life since 1967. I've enjoyed every part of it. Never once did it ever feel like work.
Thursday night football is here to stay. So we're looking at ways to make it safer. Now they're playing division games, so you limit travel. Now the question is, should you play Sunday night before a Thursday night?
Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can... On third down and short yardage, the Raiders don't jump offside. That's discipline -- not a coat and tie, not a clean shave.
If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.
When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction.
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.
