Quotes from Jeff Fisher

As we say from time to time, it's hard to win in the National Football League.

To survive in the NFC West, we have to win in the trenches.

I had this moment in church, which I think really turned me off. I was 7 or 8 years old and I was sitting at church, and we happened to be playing with the sunlight that was coming down from the stained glass window, and the monsignor came down to the pew and grabbed us by our neck collars and said, 'I'll deal with you.'

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

There's obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he's a runner. How's the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?

We're gonna play fast, we're gonna play physical, we're gonna play furious, and we're gonna play contact football.

You can't live in Orange County and train in Thousand Oaks. OK? you just can't. Not with the hours we put in. We have to be on time.

Having grown up there, my dad in 1967 took me to the Rams-Eagles game, and I've been a Rams fan since I was a kid.

We have rules in the rule book that are very specific. If the quarterback is in a throwing position, he gets protection. But in the event that the ball is handed off, at that instant, there's no telling whether or not he is a runner or not, so he loses that protection.

I'll make changes at receiver before I make a change at the quarterback.

I never get into the details regarding my own personal situation.

I guess it's sad that anybody, regardless of profession, that they're in this country, would take a shot at our military.

Everybody goes through situations like this. A tipped ball, a shoe-string tackle on a third-down scramble by the quarterback where he has 40 yards to run.

I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out of it and just trained for football and played ball for so many years - high school, college and the NFL.

One of the more difficult things is the time. Either you are going 100 miles an hour, or you are sleeping. There is nothing in between.

The quarterback gets plenty of protection in the pocket, and he picks up protection out of the pocket; he's got protection down the field on his slides.

You only have so much time in a day.

We have an ascending player in Brian Quick, who, I think, is going to be a very, very solid player for us.

Typically, there's about 20, 25 percent turnover every year. So, every three or four years with the exception of, as is the case with the Patriots and the quarterback, you have a roster turnover.

I'm not a real big text guy. I'm not really into this new age stuff. I don't twit or tweet, but I think face-to-face is a man thing.

There was something missing. But in my world, there is never time to figure out what is, in fact, missing.

I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

It's unfortunate that sometimes the personal things affect the business.

The nickel spot, inside. It's the hardest position to play. It's harder than outside.