Zitat des Tages von Dan Quinn:
As coaches, any work you may do, it's been done long ago.
I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
Iron sharpens iron, and that's one man getting another guy ready to play.
When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
I don't second-guess our playcalling or wanting to throw it. Honestly, we've got terrific guys. We know how to matchup. We know how to get open. That part of our game is so intact.
When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.
Each game we play, every game is a championship-game mindset.
Winning the NFC championship affords you a chance at the next opportunity.
We can learn from everybody, man.
Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
We don't spend so much time on the opponent that we forget it's really about us.
As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.
We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'
I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.
I think that's the ultimate sign of a teammate and respect is that they compete against one another so hard at practice that here's a chance to share some knowledge inside. It takes some humility to do that.
I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.
Their practice habits are terrific. I've been around some really good guys from different teams in terms of bringing it to practice. When I was in San Francisco, Bryant Young was that way. Every practice on it.
When you have too much scheme, sometimes it's hard to work on all the things you have to, and you can make effort the top priority of your game.
For me, trying to connect our team together is so important. I know we'll play really well when our team gets really tight. So I want to make sure I connect with the players so that I can help them be at their best.
Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
Forever, we all had a real clear understanding of what Parcells' teams looked like and played like: tough as hell and didn't beat themselves.
I've been around some really good guys from different teams.
We want to play a really physical style ball, and so, for us tackling, we know we are shoulder-based tackling team, and we want to hit that strike zone just like you're throwing fastballs into that catchers' mitt just as hard as you can.
