Quotes from Herm Edwards

You're in pro football, it's kind of interesting, because when you win, you draft last. In college football, you recruit. You gotta go after guys.

I think I bring a good perspective because I did a lot of things in the NFL - player, head coach, assistant and scout.

Believe in what you do and keep working hard and you can't take what people say personally, because if you do it'll eat at you.

When it gets going bad and it gets going to where all these things are happening around you, the thing that stands out most is your character. You have to make sure you keep your character and your wits about you, because at the end of the day, it might be bad for a little while, but if you're a good coach it all works out.

Fans have their own idea about who to hire; that's what makes football great.

I've worn a lot of hats in the NFL.

The greatest thing I could say about my son, and this is what you always worry about with your kids, that they kinda outgrow their Mom and Dad. But for him, when I see him, when he calls me Dad, and he can still hug me, he's still like my little boy. Even around his friends, he still calls me Dad.

I've always said that your attitude is your best friend and your worst enemy.

If you draft a player to be a backup, why did you draft him? You're drafting a guy because you think he's worthy of being drafted at that spot, but you're also drafting him because you think he can compete. If you're going to say, 'This guy's a backup,' - really? That doesn't make any sense to me.

I'm big on integrity.

What makes us different? Well, besides our skin color and our nationality and maybe our religion, nothing. We all want the same thing, we all want to have success in America.

Nobody on this earth can intimidate me.

'Jim Thorpe - All American' influenced me as a young kid.

The support of Chiefs fans across the country has been tremendous. They are truly passionate about their football team.

One of my daughters was born in Kansas City. I spent almost 10 years there.

Curtis Martin just has to be Curtis Martin, and whatever that is, that's good enough. He doesnt have to be Clark Kent or Lois Lane.

When I got in this profession, as a young guy, as a college coach at San Jose State, I knew right then that I had a passion to do this, to touch people's lives, to develop young men in the game of football.

The thing you miss most, when you don't play and you don't coach, is the huddle. You miss the huddle. You miss the ability to walk in the room where collectively players are from everywhere. Every race, every religion, every color. It don't matter, because you've got a common goal. You're trying to be something special as a team.

When I wake up, I don't worry about why the mountain is there. I just start climbing.

Coaches? They can talk. I tell them: 'Just make sure before you open your mouth you've researched what you're about to say. Don't just say stuff. And if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything.'

Football ignites my soul.

You don't quit in sports. You retire. You don't get to quit. It's not an option.

I'm a neat freak.

Was I hurt sometimes? Yeah. But not to the point where I couldn't play. I think we all go through it. Some guys escape it. Some guys don't. There's no secret formula.