Joe Gibbs Quotations | Page 4

He's smart. He's been around a bunch. He kind of understands the game plan. He can walk through the game plan.

I'll probably address this for the last time,

Hopefully, ... as we go here in preseason, we'll get in groove with our whole offense.

Hopefully, something starts working out so we can get Patrick some place that he would like. I don't have a time frame on it. We don't feel pressure or anything.

He's young. He's got a heck of an arm. I think he's capable of making any throw you want him to make. One of the best learning tools a quarterback can have is watching somebody else.

He's tough-minded. He's got a tough, disciplined way of doing things, ... I know from going against him out here, it's extremely tough. You've got to be ready for a little of everything. It's a scheme I admire. You've got to have a lot of admiration for what they did last year. A new staff, third best in the league stat-wise, and we didn't do what we should do on offense to support him.

He's tough-minded. He's got a tough, disciplined way of doing things. I know from going against him out here, it's extremely tough. You've got to be ready for a little of everything. It's a scheme I admire. You've got to have a lot of admiration for what they did last year. A new staff, third best in the league stat-wise, and we didn't do what we should do on offense to support him.

He's protected the football, which is very important. I think he has made good decisions when things aren't there, which is really important. Everybody is going to hit something that's open. But when it's not there, Mark has played well.

I don't know how to rate it, I just know that being 5-3 right now is pretty good,

He's kind of quiet. We probably dominate the conversation. We've got more stories.

He thinks the world of our team. He thinks we've got heart and fight.

He's very valuable to us. We can't afford to lose somebody like that.

It was just a general feeling I have. I'm looking for someone to really establish themselves as the quarterback, take over and take off with the team.

It's what I lean on. Any time I feel down, like we all do, I think about that. Hey, this is where I'm supposed to be. There's a confidence knowing that God has put you here, and it's a matter of you living this, doing the best you can, working the hardest you can, trying to make it happen. Whether it's going to happen or not, we don't know.

It was one of the greatest moments in sports for me.

It keeps agitating and worrying us there, ... They're trying to get it to calm down.

It was one of those nights where everything went our way.

It was a big deal. At the end of the game, we're kicking an extra point to win the game.

It was a big disappointment for us, ... We talked long and hard about it. It's been a real concern. It's a problem, and we've got to get it corrected.

It was a great experience tonight -- I'm thrilled we came out on the right end of it. Anytime you get into the playoffs, it's a huge deal.

As far as competitive athletic wins and having great thrills, this ranks right there with them. For me, it was so much emotion and everything wrapped into it where the team was and all the things that have taken place. And for that to be Monday night and to know it was the Dallas Cowboys, you roll all that into one, it was very emotional.

You want to keep the ball, make first downs. You're trying to give yourself a chance to run and, every now and then, mix in the pass. When you lose a football game, you can say almost anything about it, but we thought we were trying to do smart things. Finishing off the game, that's a big deal, and that's what we've got to do.

All three games came down to the last play,

(The Giants) completely dominated us the first go-around. We have a lot at stake and I know the Giants do, too. I think it's a big deal that you play the 15th game of the year and it's for something important. ... I get uptight because you worry about having to play the Giants. I don't like doing that, but we got a lot riding on it and I know New York does too.

You win and you're in; you lose and you're out. We've been in that situation the past four weeks, ever since the three (consecutive) losses (in November).

A loss (Sunday) would have meant your back was against the wall and you're pretty much fighting week to week just to survive. To wind up 5-3, this puts you in a much better position. ... It gives you the feeling that you're fighting for it rather than trying to come off the floor.

All I want to do is win. I'll change anything about me, what I'm doing, the coaching staff . . . I don't care.

Football is a big deal at Miami. They play a tremendous schedule. If you're taking a look at somebody -- if he can play at Miami and be that kind of a guy and a leader there, then chances are he's going to be successful up here, too.

For all of us, the collective bargaining agreement is a big deal. We've seen everything in this league - strikes, free agency and salary caps. For some teams in the league, it's going to be tougher. We'll be one of the teams that it will be tough on.

It's kind of hard to put your finger on it. There are a lot of things that you could sit here and make excuses about or something.

It's kind of hard to put your finger on it. We weren't as productive as we wanted to be.

It's not Xs and Os. It's people and character and making great plays, ... It's more of a personal thing. It's the character. It's the fight - because up here most of the guys who get to this level are obviously talented.

It's a huge deal anytime you get in the playoffs. We showed guts and determination. I feel humbled and really thankful to get in. It was a hard-fought game and I was just thrilled to get out on the right end of it.

It's a real concern, ... It's a problem. We've got to get it corrected because you won't win games up here turning the ball over and I'd still say those are two areas where we have not showed the kind of improvement I'd like -- turning the ball over and penalties. So it's something for a real focus from now until game time. In the regular season, we've got to try to find something to fix it.

Each team's a little different, how they want to build a team. ... Certainly Pittsburgh is a scheme that works, they won a Super Bowl. If you watch their team, there are a lot of draft choices, they're real conscious about that. It remains to be seen how we'll end up doing, but we've chosen to be more aggressive in free agency.

It's smart. If you are going to make an investment of millions and millions of dollars, you would research them.

Everybody at this point of the year is missing some starters. They took the Giants to overtime (on Dec. 11, and lost 26-23) and that's all you have to say.

That's one of the great moments for me, ... I can tell you that.

It's something we're trying to gain information about and letting them talk and visit and seeing what situations may be out there. And we're doing the same thing. We'll see if there's a fit. It has to make sense for us and make sense for both sides.

That's about three of the toughest losses I've been through, ... This is going to be a real test for us. We'll see what we're made of here.

That is my responsibility. Obviously, I think we want to be more productive than what we were in the playoffs. That will be one of the things we look hard at. Offensively, how can we do a better job?

That is my responsibility. Obviously, we want to be more productive than we were in the playoffs.

They did some things early on in there that threw us some curve balls. On defense, they did a real good coaching job on that part. We had to kind of struggle to get things going again, but we did control the ball, which is a big deal.

They had the upper hand for a long time out there. We had a tough time getting anything done against their defense. Any time you get into the playoffs it's a huge deal. I feel great for these guys because so many of them haven't experienced it before.

They are a very good football team over there. They are No. 1 in many categories and we were trying everything we could.

It's exciting to me, ... because we're getting back some high quality players that have been missing for a while.

It's a short work week, so Wednesday is a big day for us because we only get two work days, really. We're going hard and we're going late.

It's a situation where it's tough for Tom and tough for us, ... We think the world of him.

Through this entire process we always wanted what was best for Patrick, and in working with him we feel this is where he wants to be. We wish him the best with the Jets.

We wish Bill Musgrave all the best in his new role with the Falcons organization. Although it is unfortunate that he departed, we always want what is best for our coaches and their families, which is why we gave Atlanta permission to interview him.

We wish the last two years had been smoother. We wish there had been no injuries. We wish he could have played more and played back to the standard where he wanted to be. I know he was totally frustrated by it.

We wish the past two years could have been smoother.

I told our players I couldn't be prouder of them. We fought extremely hard all year. I really appreciate them taking me with them.

I told Patrick that the decisions we've made, it should be pretty obvious, are based on the fact that we think a whole lot of him, ... We think he's got a tremendous future with us.

It was smart on his part, but it still took guts. I kind of admire him for doing that.

It was a tough deal for us for him to get hurt. So what we're going to try to do is make the best decision.

Those two throws, absolutely you couldn't throw them any better than that,

We were obviously concerned after the game, but he has very little swelling, and our guys feel encouraged.

We want to go back to the glory days,

It's going to be a big topic of discussion.

It's good for him. It's good for us, because I think it gives us somebody solidly behind Patrick there.

It's been a big emphasis for us this week. We need to step it up on pass protection because it's a big deal for us.

It's been a real struggle for us, ... And the only way you get out of it is to fight our way out of it.

This is the most accurate our team has been since I can remember. It wound up being one of those games you dream about.

I attributed quite a bit of it to him being hurt.

I feel humbled and really thankful the Lord's blessed us with a great bunch of guys. Any time you get into the playoffs, it's a huge deal. ... I don't know what to say about it, other than: I'm just thrilled. It's hard to get into the playoffs.

I can definitely say that things did bounce our way at times. We were blessed tonight,

I could have returned his phone calls, but it was off-season.

I'd love to have a rule where if you play on Monday night, you have to play at home the following Sunday. It's tough to operate on a short work week like that.

He's got a great burst. He can be running, and he doesn't even put his hands up until the last second because he's got such confidence. Even though he's a shorter receiver, he's very much a downfield threat because of that.

If I keep God first in my life, if I keep my family and friends as second, and then I keep my occupation third, that's when I've found success.

If I had about $100 million, I could do that ? that's what he left out, ... He makes about $50 million a year, so if I could pop that, he might have a chance. You know you're in the wrong sport when both your drivers have Lear jets and helicopters, and I don't.

If I'm somebody that says the team is important and the players and coaches need to sacrifice and I then see an opportunity to help the football team and don't do it -- I would be going against the basic principal of what I preach.

If I had to guess right now, it would be tough for John to make it back for Monday night, ... We'll be working full speed tonight to try to get all that done.

I certainly had second thoughts about the way the second half went, so we want to be more balanced. We want to make sure we don't go into a game and come out of there saying, 'Hey, look, we let it get away from us by throwing the ball too much.

I certainly haven't talked about anything like that.

I'd say we have, ... because of the team and the confidence factors and things.

I'd say for us, obviously we have a long way to go. We're going to have to go home. We've got a lot of work to do.

He's not a starter and hasn't started, ... I know he's disappointed in not making more of an impact, not playing more, but I think it's something we have to work our way through. I think it's one of those things scheme-wise for our defense, it's the best way I would answer that. We've got a lot of guys that are talented guys who can do a lot of things for us. ... Health-wise, I think he's back.

If he didn't have the calf situation, he would have practiced, ... He played extremely well. . . . The game was very physical and he got some hits. Quarterback-wise, the odds that we can go through the year like that and keep the guy healthy. . . . I hope we can keep him healthy.

The little guy fights his guts off, we really like him. We got some real tough decisions to make. Certainly he stood up tonight, he really played well. Those are the things we need to see.

People who enjoy what they do, invariably do it well.

A winning effort begins with preparation.

Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners.

To reach your own goals and dreams, you must learn how to assist others in reaching theirs

You and I are players, God's our coach, and we're playing the biggest game of all. We have a loving God that made us. We need to get on His team. It says in His word, there's only one way to Him and that's through Jesus Christ.

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this earth. It's not going be, "It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl." But, really and truly what you're going to leave this earth is the influence on others.

Once you have a plan, you must sell it to the players. It is not enough to put it on the blackboard and say, 'Okay, here it is.' You have to convince the players that the plan is a good one and show them, in specific ways, why it will work. If you do, you send them out to the practice field with more confidence.

You don't win with X's and O's. What you win with is people.

My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me something totally different that there was a God. He knit me together in my mother's womb. He made me special. He wanted to have a personal relationship with me.

I'll tell you what - if you attend a Cowboy-Redskins game, you better not leave 'til that clock hits zero...

The past doesn't buy you much.

God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.

I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then Id go baseball, and then Id go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something.

It does influence every part of your life and it influences every decision you make. (speaking about faith)

The difference between winning this game and losing it is, you might say, the difference between facing big games now and desperation games.