Quotes from Doug Pederson

I didn't stay patient enough at times, maybe.

I want to hire guys that fit that mold; I want guys where it's about the Philadelphia Eagles first, that check their egos at the door.

You look at my career, everywhere I went - Miami, Green Bay, Cleveland, Philly - they were always bringing in draft picks and former first-rounders and guys with free-agent deals to take my job.

I just think you can't get caught up with who's on the other side. Everybody in the NFL is good. Every team is good.

In order to be the champion, you've got to play the best, you've got to beat the best.

I don't have an ego. I check it at the door.

They fire coaches before players.

Coaches respect each other, and it's a tough business.

Am I going to be good enough, because I don't have head-coaching experience outside of high school football? I've been around a lot of great head coaches in my career, but you begin to doubt. And, for me, it was the doubt of, 'Are the players going to believe me?'

I loved coaching.

You've got one football and a lot of times, defenses dictate where the ball goes.

An individual can make a difference, but a team can make a miracle.

I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.

I think the quarterback position is not one that's exempt from competition.

I don't want to put my game plan out there for everybody to see it and read it and teams can scheme. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.

Players are smart. That locker room knows. So don't hide anything.

I was hired to be the head football coach, not the general manager.

Our players are not immune to the things that are going on in society.

With the quarterback position, because you're touching the ball every single snap, you want to make a play and you just have to guard against that. It's about making the plays that come to you, not necessarily chasing after plays.

It's easy to sit in the press box and say, 'Hey, they should run the ball.' Come down and stand on the sideline with me and make decisions. You should run it here, you should pass it here, let's throw a screen here, let's get the quarterback out of the pocket right here.

I think there comes a time with a quarterback, especially when things go a little sideways, that players begin to try to do things a little uncharacteristic of what they've done in the past.

I think the things that can define me is that I'm going to be honest, I'm going to be transparent, I'm going to be as open as I can.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.

I'm not a big social media guy, I have no Twitter accounts, I don't have Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, I don't do any of that stuff.