Quotes from Sean McVay

Matt LaFleur's a great coach.

With the inexperience I do have, I feel so fortunate to be around Wade Phillips.

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.

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?'

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.

As coaches, you want to be able to put your players in a system that's conducive to their success.

You always want to surround yourself with better people than you.

I love being in a city with great weather.

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.

I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.

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.

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.

I'm a fan of coaching.

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.

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.

We're dealing with men here. What we're trying to do is help them become the best players they can be, and we're all collectively trying to win games. So what I always tell people is that the way you earn these players' respect is, do you make them a better football player?

Whether it's a guy getting a big contract, getting a franchise deal, that comes with expectations.

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.

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.

There's no one I'd rather have as my quarterback. I love Jared Goff.

You look at Matt LaFleur and where he's been. It seems like successful quarterback play follows him.

My job is to make the quarterback position as easy as we can.

There are certain players, certain leaders where, genuine and authentic, their message is going to resonate different than a coach.

Love that guy, and you can't say enough good things about Brandin Cooks.