Quotes from Jon Gruden

I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I wanted young guys that could help me - guys that can coach, guys that could study, guys that loved it, that would do it for nothing. That's how I got into coaching with the 49ers when John McVay hired me.

Some of the best tape that I've ever studied was Mike Shanahan and John Elway in Denver, back-to-back Super Bowl win teams.

You never stay the same. You either get better or you get worse.

I think there is a huge ceiling in Derek Carr. I think he has proven that.

Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He's the 'wildcat' who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it's Ronnie Brown, it's Jerious Norwood, it's whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.

I've been hitting up Hooters since 1983, and I can assure you nothin' says football season is here quite like watching the game on wall-to-wall flat screen TVs with the smell of Hooters world-famous chicken wings in the air and an ice-cold beer in your hand, served up with one-and-only Hooters hospitality, of course.

I had all kinds of different quarterbacks. But we never drafted a first-rounder.

I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.

I coached the Bucs with a Florida State quarterback named Brad Johnson. Things worked out all right.

You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week.

I think when you get Robert Griffin, one of the most explosive quarterbacks to ever play the position, in a Mike Shanahan-type system, the possibilities are very exciting, I think, with Mike Shanahan's imagination.

When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There's no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren't playing like they used to. It bothers me.

I love that Mel Gibson.

I don't want to look at myself like I'm some superhero. But I'm not going to let people wipe their feet on football on my chest.

I don't want to be a negative piece of barbed wire sitting up in the booth with all the answers. I think that's a turn-off.

When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.

Follow the ball, man. There's only one ball. They can only give it to one of them at a time, so let's not get too far away from the reality of it all.

When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay.

I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game.

I got a lot of the greatest values in life from playing sports, from playing football - teamwork, sportsmanship, my work ethic, resiliency, dedication - I got it all by being on a team.

If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for.

Mariota is special in a lot of ways. He's a dynamic dual threat on the field, and he is humble - no-nonsense, full of character - off the field.

Antonio Gates is spectacular. But he's not a blocking tight end.

You miss the adversity. The journey is what I'm talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team.