Words matter. These are the best Mike McCarthy Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The domestic violence policy has been given to our players. My personal view is there’s no place in our society for it. I think, especially with the emphasis and education that’s out there now, let’s hope better light will be shined on this area.
I think success is the biggest challenge you have to handle in the National Football League; that’s something we talk about a lot.
At least from my position, I worry about it more when we’re rolling because people get comfortable.
You build a program; culture is what makes it go. You have to invest in that culture every single day, and that’s my big-picture focus.
Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn’t mean anything. Football teams are created on the football field.
To me, it’s always bumpy, and to me, that’s the joy of it. That’s this game. That’s how hard it is in the NFL. Really, what you did last year or 2010, as we know, doesn’t factor.
Every week, there’s a different twist and turn you’re not going to see coming, and how you handle that is important.
Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that’s a plus. That’s a plus decision. That’s the way I’ve always graded it.
You play a team for the second time, you definitely have some familiarity. I think it’s beneficial for your players that they have some tape to look at of the opponent and can focus on the individual matchups that they have some current history to draw from.
The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success.
I hate that ‘I got it’ stuff. That drives me nuts. It’s that natural instinct that everything’s OK because you’re winning.
Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It’s never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be productive. It’s a component of leadership that is necessary. The guys that make it in the league survive that.
I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That’s kind of an old-school theory, but it has existed in this game.
It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It’s about winning. Winning’s fun.
Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense.
