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We've got enough issues in this country without worrying about some of the things we're worrying about. It's unbelievable to me. And as long as I'm alive, I know what football gave me. It taught me my work ethic. It gave me a sense of discipline.

- Jon Gruden

Country, Alive, Some, Unbelievable

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.

- Jon Gruden

Play, Here, Concrete, Brown

If ESPN ever kicked me out the door and I had to get back to coach, I have to stay on top of what's going on.

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Door, Going, ESPN, Kicked

I got kicked out of the league because I had a hard time sustaining at the quarterback position.

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Sustaining, Had, League, Kicked

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.

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Humble, Special, Off, Dual

I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school.

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Think, I Think, Dayton, Backup

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

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Work, Leader, Communicate, Ethic

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.

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Work, Sports, Values, Ethic

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

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Love, Green, Going, Green Bay

Not many people do what Jameis Winston did: first year as a starter winning a national championship, only one loss in his two years as a starter. He's got great charisma. He's polarizing for some people, but he's a rare talent.

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Year, Some, Polarizing, National Championship

To be a good analyst, you need to know what the trends are and what teams are doing.

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Doing, Need, Teams, Analyst

This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that's ridiculous.

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Quarterback, Spread, Read, Runs

You want to take a charge from LeBron James coming down the lane with no helmet on - that's dangerous. But you know what? Some people like to do that stuff. So leave them alone.

- Jon Gruden

Some, Charge, LeBron, Helmet

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.

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Game, Here, Been, Season

I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people.

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Young, Learned, Al, Oakland

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

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Game, Kind, Like, Guardians

Having been in the league with five different franchises, I know what the meaning of Monday Night Football is. It's usually the best games and the greatest venue outside the playoffs.

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Been, Venue, Having, Meaning Of

If you're a young kid out there, put away your Twitter accounts if you want to be a pro football player. Somebody's going to hack your account; somebody's going to cause you problems.

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Young, Football Player, Away, Accounts

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.

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Think, Want, I Think, Barbed

I get excited for big games in December.

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Big, Excited, Get, December

You have to help your players understand that when they speak to the media, or when they tweet or text or e-mail, a lot of times, they become public knowledge.

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Understand, Players, Your, E-Mail

There are not a lot of things that Andrew Luck can't do, but the thing I like about him is his work ethic. He's a workaholic, and that's what impresses me the most.

- Jon Gruden

Work, Luck, Like, Andrew

A lot of people forget how extraordinary Elway was handing the ball off to Terrell Davis, and those bootlegs, those naked bootlegs off of those stretch plays was devastating.

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Naked, Plays, Davis, Handing

We used to tell our receivers, 'If you want to run an inside breaking route, and you want to fight for yardage after the catch, you better be careful, because these defensive players, they're on the hunt.'

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Be Careful, Players, Hunt, Defensive

From the standpoint that you try to adjust your offense to your quarterback, you try to adjust your football team around your players. You do the best you can with the hand that you have, and you've got to add some parts along the way.

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Some, Add, Football Team, Standpoint

When the season ends, it's all about the next season.

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Next, About, Ends, Season

I'm not a good golfer. I don't have any hobbies, really.

- Jon Gruden

Good, Hobbies, Any, Golfer

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

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Families, Head Coach, Wives, Girlfriends

This whole social media scene makes me sick.

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Me, Social, Makes, Social Media

You have to be able to recognize defenses on your own in pro football. You can't look to the sideline and read some board. You've got to recognize the defense on your own, and then you've got to communicate to your offensive teammates what you want them to do.

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Some, Offensive, Read, Board

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