Top 60 Brian Flores Quotes

I wasn’t in a rush to become a head coach. I really wasn’t.

I’m gifted to coach. I know that. And the relationships I’ve built with players, coaches, support staff, I’m gifted to coach and I love coaching and I want to coach.

I’m trying to challenge all my players. I’m going to do that how I see fit.

I think I’m good at compartmentalizing and taking care of what I’ve got to take care of.

I think you can do that specifically with players – you can be tough on them, expect a lot from them, but not be somebody they despise.

The numbers speak for themselves as far as the hiring, firing and the lack of opportunities for minority and Black head coaches and executives in the National Football League, and we need the change.

I don’t think about the future very often.

I think you want to play complementary football – offense, defense, special teams.

We believe in developing players and improving players on a daily basis. That would be the opposite of giving someone a 10-game audition.

I’m going to go into every game trying to win. That’s always going to be my objective. I’m going to go into anything I do trying to win. I’m going to instill that in everybody I come across.

Everyone’s got things going on in their lives.

I have a belief that there’s good in people. I just do.

Football brings people together, from all races, nationalities; so yeah, I think the NFL does a good job of that – a great job of that – and I’m sure they’ll continue to do that.

None of us are exempt from tragedy.

The National Football League is an example to the world, it really is. People follow the lead of the National Football League – that’s how powerful it is.

My mom always got me underwear for Christmas. That’s my favorite gift.

There’s instances where you do everything right and you work hard and things don’t work out. That’s part of life, and it ends up being life lessons for some guys.

I’m passionate about coaching.

Well, every down is important and every snap in the game is important. We try to let our players know that.

I try to direct my energy to things I can control.

I think it’s important to connect to people. When you can do that, I think you can get more out of them. That’s part of my leadership style.

Look, you can never have enough quarterbacks.

It’s football. You need 11 guys on each play and go out there and play together, play as a team.

I’d say I love the challenge of game-planning for the opponent every week.

I think with an offseason, with some OTAs with more reps, more repetitions like any player, they develop and get and get better.

I’ve had guns pointed at me by police officers.

I’m the son of immigrants.

I remember being a first-year position coach and going into next season saying ‘I should have been better last year, I’m better now.’

We want the guys to play fast. We want them to play free. We want them to play aggressive.

I’ve worked so hard to get to where I am in football, to become a head coach.

I think I try to look out for the best interest of the players individually, the team.

I come in, I work hard, I do everything I can to help the team win and wherever the chips fall they fall.

I think there’s a discipline, a toughness, a respect for the game that I learned in New England that I think is just basic, the way football’s supposed to be taught and practiced and preached.

This is a demanding league, so we’ve gotta be demanding on our players. They need to understand that.

I learned resiliency at a very early age.

I had a good job in New England.

I’m my own man. I’m Brian Flores.

One play can change a game and one call can change a game.

Every decision is tough, letting go a player.

You can say all you want about first down, second down, but it starts with fundamentals.

I try to be clear and direct. That’s part of leadership.

I learned how to be tough, and that transcended into something else, that I wasn’t going to back down from anything, academically, football wise, any challenge I was presented with.

I think leadership is about being honest. It’s about being transparent. I think it’s about putting yourself in the shoes of others.

I’m black. I grew up poor. I grew up in New York during the stop-and-frisk era. I’ve been stopped because I fit a description before.

I deal in truth.

Look, that rookie year you got a lot going on. You got to get a house, you got to get a car, you have to move to a whole new city. I mean, there are so many things that are going on.

You can’t have a good play without good fundamentals.

I’ve had the privilege of being a part of many different circles that have included some very powerful and influential people of all different races and genders.

I would say I felt similar pressures that Black people feel in all fields, not just football. That we have to do more, that we have to be better, that we have to be exceptional just to stay on a level playing field. And it’s in a lot of ways unfair, but I know I’m not alone in that feeling.

The Rooney Rule is intended to give minorities an opportunity to sit down in front of ownership, but I think what it’s turned into is an instance where guys are just checking the box. That’s been the case. I’ve been on some interviews in the past where I’ve had that feeling.

At the end of the day, you never want turnovers anywhere.

It’s always good to win.

Every day is a challenge in this league, but I kind of embrace it and enjoy it.

You know, that’s kind of the discipline of playing defense is you’ve got to stay home when you’ve got to stay home, but at the same time, we want to be aggressive.

There is never been a perfect game played. That’s just never happened.

I’m tough on the players. I think you need to be tough on them so they can be disciplined.

Minkah’s a football player. I think his strength is that he can handle a lot of different positions. He’s versatile. Free safety, strong safety, corner, Star, ‘backer. You can do whatever you want with him.

How I’ve always kind of approached everything is I take everything day to day.

We’ve all got to deal with adversity in life. It’s something that’s not new to me.

I’m not really into individual awards, especially in a team game like this.