Top 40 John Dorsey Quotes

I always try to look at kids like I’m in the locker room, and I’m a teammate.

If we continue to win and build and finish strong, that’s all you can ask for.

The National Football League is a very physical game.

I met Paul Brown, and I will never forget it.

Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and then, if you can, go acquire those assets that can best help this team get over the hump.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is a great leader, possesses the highest possible character, and also happens to be a Browns fan.

This is a quarterback-driven league. We all know that, and we all know, to succeed and to go a little bit farther and farther and farther, you need one of those guys.

A personnel guy always wants to get his pick right. We live that every year. We want to make sure the pick is right.

I believe there’s good in everybody.

I love everything about this great game of football.

I love the thought of the AAF giving players a chance to earn experience through playing the game of football at a high level. And letting players showcase their skills and continue to develop.

I believe in a running back by committee. Always have. Always been taught that way.

Drafting is not only an art, but there’s a degree of science as well.

I’m OK with having a really good football player with a chip on his shoulder because he’s going to come to prove to not only the people that didn’t draft him, but himself, that I’m a pretty good football player.

If it wasn’t for Paul Brown, I probably wouldn’t have a job because he basically evolved scouting.

Ohio State University puts out some very fine football players.

You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players.

I’m the eternal optimist. That’s who I am.

I don’t think there’s anything good that comes out of ‘Hard Knocks,’ but we’ll see.

Any time you get a chance to acquire a really good football player, I’m all about that.

I have no problems with a young man being allowed to understand the mistakes he makes, and let’s move forward. Let’s move forward, and let’s not do it again. That is how I look at it.

You have to build your core nucleus of your team through your draft. What that does is you basically introduce them to your culture and your environment. Then, as guys begin to perform and play to that level, then you say, ‘You know what? You guys deserve an extension, so here it is.’

Any good GM wants to field phone calls from his peers.

I hate hype.

I can do my job with the best of my peers in the National Football League.

It’s always good when the offensive head coach and the quarterback think like-minded. That’s a good thing.

I just love tradition.

As a person, you like to see young men mature.

When you mention the Cleveland Browns to me, it brings back vast memories.

Every young man will make a mistake in his life, I bet you.

Every year, we want to win. That’s an overarching goal.

Good teams win in the fall. They don’t win in March.

If you can get more team speed, I’m all for it.

I think, in today’s football, you have to have a certain degree of technology. If not, you’re living in the stone ages.

I bet you that we all learn from our mistakes. I’ve learned from my mistakes in the past, too.

From a planning standpoint, you want to surround a first-year head coach with quality coaches at all levels.

I believe words mean something. I really do.

In terms of the past, I think we’ve all learned from the past. I think that’s great wisdom.

I’ve been in the league a lot of years, and I’ll know a majority of the coaches, not only in the college ranks but in the professional ranks, both as head coaches, position.

Guys that are competitive and love to play the game of football and love their teammates, you can’t have enough of those guys on your team.