It's almost impossible not to pick those guys if you need a quarterback because they don't come around very often. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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I think we had a little addition by subtraction this year and more guys bought into what we were doing defensively. We played much better. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
We talked through some of those things. We just had a really good talk. We've been able to communicate very well. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I think if I had showed him a picture of a truck, he would have said it was a truck aa and not a butterfly. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It's a great story. He has come in this year and done a marvelous job. He is one of 18 children. He has had to battle for his place his whole life. He appreciates everything. He works hard for everything. He doesn't expect anything to be given to him, and I can't say enough about the young guy. Do we miss Ken Hamlin Certainly we do. But Marquand Manuel has been better than good this season. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I said to him (Alexander) that if I were to put him back in the game and he were to get hurt, I would never speak to him again. I told him that, and he said, 'No, I'm OK. Don't worry.' I'm really glad that we could do that and he could score. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Heck, I get excited about it just like any coach would, particularly if you think it cost you a ball game. The fact is, it's a tough job. Officials have a tough job. They're honest guys doing the best they can. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
We're dealing with young people. I used to lecture my children all the time, too. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Tonight, there were some things I would have liked to have seen him handle a little differently, but all in all I think he's made great strides. There were a couple of formation things and a couple of audible checks. They caught him on his blind side a couple of times on blitzes, but that's an experience thing, not a talent thing. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
He is as about as consistent and tough a linemen as I've ever coached. He's very, very steady. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
They have you outnumbered just a little bit. Now it is safer, I suppose, than throwing a pass, but you can't worry too much about that. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Anytime someone wants to compare me to Joe Gibbs, it's a compliment. He's one off the guys that if I could pattern my coaching after, he would certainly be one of the guys I've admired for a long, long time. He's one of the best ever. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
He came in not with a chip on his shoulder, but with something to prove. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Michael has good instincts and good breaks on the ball. He's not undisciplined. Some of those guys who seem to be where the action is all the time are a little bit undisciplined. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I think the world of him and I think he is a really good football player. I set the bar very high for him. Anytime he falls short of that, fair or not fair, I will talk to him about it. He is a wonderful guy ... and he wants to do well. To go with his physical ability, all the things you have to do to be a great player, it should happen for him. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I had a conversation with the league, and there were mistakes that were made, which we felt at the time. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
He came into camp in the best condition of his life. He really did ... He's a little bit unlucky. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
He is as hard of a working lineman as I've been around. Offensive linemen are usually that way, but he kind of goes over the edge in his work ethic. He is tremendously strong, very bright and he really wants it every play, every down. His ability to focus in is really very amazing. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Patience. I thanked Paul for being patient with me in a rather volatile business, to allow your coaches to build something and to believe in them. You don't always see it as much as you should in this business, and he has been great for me. With the patience Mr. Allen has shown me, he gave me a chance to stand on the podium. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I think Matt's best years are still ahead of him. He has played very, very well this year. But he is just starting and, in my opinion, he should be good for a while and keep getting better. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I'm very, very happy for Matt, and that is no secret. It's a good story to me because he overcame some adversity at the beginning of his career, and he played through some injuries. He's a mentally tough guy. Like all of us, there's a period of becoming a little more humble and then kind of coming out of it and going. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
What we're asking him to do is difficult, ... A rookie middle linebacker calling the signals, there's nothing easy about that. His plate is full. But if anyone can handle it, of the young people I've seen in the last few years, he can. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
They would go at it in practice pretty good, and Darrell is off to a good start. That will be a fun thing to watch, those two. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It really is a team in the truest sense of the word. The sum of the parts is greater than the individual parts. This team is fairly unknown to most of the country. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
is that he's just not passionate enough about football. But when we started talking basketball he got excited. I think he's going to get his rookie paycheck and cruise. He also didn't do well in the psychological profiling we did on him. - Mike Holmgren Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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