516 Quotes by Jon Gruden

He's a key cog in the No. 1 defense in the NFL, so we're going to need him.

If you understand our salary cap, you have to be logical. If Barry Sanders , for instance, came out of retirement, if we were interested we probably couldn't get real interested. So you've got to temper your enthusiasm with the reality of our situation.

We are not perfect. But we'll play hard. And we'll make the corrections.

It was always a square-fist-in-the-mouth type of game.

We're not going to let one defeat or two defeats or a negative road trip set us back from our goals. We realize this is a work in progress, this football team. We have a long way to get where we want to be,

Just because you are getting younger doesn't mean you are getting better

He's a real quick study. He's a bright guy. He's a very talented athlete. He's big. He's fast. . . . Alex Smith has a real bright future here.

It was the logical thing to do. The ball wasn't at the two-yard line; it was at the one. And we had previous success at the goal line (in that game). Fortunately for us it all worked out.

You look at the salary cap spreadsheets that you're handed, yeah, you know the inevitable is going to happen. When you're $20 million to $30 million over, whatever it is, you've got to get under the cap.