Quotes from Dan Quinn

Sometimes there are some matchups and man-to-mans that you like to match up on.

Communication isn't just directing a guy on what to do: it's passing the information along to the guy that's next to you, and that's where we make the calls come to life.

Adrian Clayborn is somebody that relentlessly brings that attitude, energy, and toughness.

Going to the Super Bowl is not the reward. It's playing really well and winning.

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.

R. C. Buford has been a huge help to me with his support.

At the beginning of the week, when we do our game planning, we look at the opponent and all the unique things they do.

With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.

As coaches, any work you may do, it's been done long ago.

One of these topics we talk about with the team on our 'Competition Wednesday' is iron sharpening iron. That's the process we go through to get each other ready, and that's why we have some periods where we get to compete against one another.

It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.

Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.

The most important thing to me is how hard we go after the ball and take care of it.

The longer we keep looking back in the rearview mirror, it takes away from everything that's moving forward.

For me, it was watching the New York Giants growing up, with Bill Parcells and Lawrence Taylor and that whole crew coming up through the '80s. And then, as I moved on to college, I thought I'd want to coach for sure.

I think it's important that we go through everything together as a team.

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.

I've been around some really good guys from different teams.

I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.

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.

The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.

The term we use on our team is 'reset': when you go through, whether it's a negative play or a negative drive, and you get your next opportunity - not focusing on the past, but going back into your attack mode.

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.