Quotes from Bill Cowher

You still have to be able to throw the ball and play good defense to win a championship.

It isn't just about winning the championship and I don't think you should be defined by that.

Football is the total team game.

Football is a total team sport.

There comes a time in your life - I'm healthy and happy, and I've been fortunate - you've got to prioritize things.

There's so much more involved with the game than just sitting there, looking at the numbers and saying, 'OK, these are my percentages, then I'm going to do it this way,' because that one time it doesn't work could cost your team a football game, and that's the thing a head coach has to live with, not the professor.

Let me tell you something: I'm a simple person who lives a simple life.

I was blessed to have followed a legendary coach in Chuck Noll.

Keith Butler is a very good football coach.

Confidence is a fragile thing.

You go back to fundamentals when things start to go awry.

The one thing you have to be careful of is trying to do what other teams and players are doing when you don't have the people to do it yourself.

The one thing that you can't ever take away are the relationships, the experiences that you have, particularly at the high school level.

The one thing you don't want to do is get to a point where losing becomes a habit.

What the Jets did with Mark Sanchez, they took a rookie quarterback and went pretty far with him.

If I'm Colin Kaepernick I have to prove myself. I would say, 'I would love the opportunity to show that I am a championship-winning quarterback again, and I understand that I am not going to be handed anything and that I would love the opportunity to come back.' If he said that it would open the ears of a lot of teams.

We all understand football is entertainment. And people like high-scoring games. But you still have to play defense to win championships.

I'm not looking to double my money with one golden opportunity.

I think the bottom line is wins and losses. That is probably the most important stat to look at.

I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.

The draft is like game day on a 3rd-and-5. You have a lot of plays you can choose from. You go with your gut, pick and play and hope it works.

Antonio Brown is, if not the best receiver in the league, one of the best.

Le'Veon Bell, as we have seen through the years when healthy, is such a dynamic player not just out of the backfield, but as a receiver.

To be recognized for making the contributions I did, along with the others who are part of the Hall of Honor, it really is humbling. Particularly when you grow up in Pittsburgh and know what the Steelers mean to the city. To me, as a little boy growing up watching the Steelers, this means a lot to me. It's special.