Quotes On The Passing Game And Assorted Other Things (part I)

[Bronco]

Guys, some good stuff here...

1. RON JAWORSKI: “To be a champion in the NFL, you must make plays in the pocket FIRST, and out of the pocket second”. “Winning QB’s STAY in the pocket”.
2. STEVE SPURRIER: “We throw POCKET PASSES (I don’t like for our QB’s to break the pocket or scramble – WE DON’T HAVE THAT PLAY)!”.
3. SPURRIER: “Our WR’s run more routes off the SAFETIES than they do off the Corners”.
4. SPURRIER: “The QB’s BACK foot should always be cocked or loaded”.
5. SHANE MATTHEWS: “We don’t care what the D & D is – be aggressive with the football and take shots downfield”.
6. SPURRIER: “QB has to make a TIGHTER throw vs. man than he does vs. zone”.
7. SPURRIER: “I don’t script plays – let’s come out and see how they play and call the game from there”.
8. FRYAR (SKINS WR): “Our offense is not predicated on crisp routes, but we run to the open area in a zone”.
9. SONNY JURGENSEN (ON SPURRIER): “He doesn’t look long-intermediate-short, he has a designated receiver who runs to the void in the defense (Corners, Posts, Curls, etc.). For example – on a Corner route if the defense covers it long and short, the receiver splits the difference”.
10. SPURRIER: “We don’t have hots or blitz adjustments. QB must CALL a blitz beater. He can slide the protection to keep a man from coming free, and he always has an OUT (quick throw to RB or TE)”.
11. SPURRIER: “We used a lot of 7 and 8 man protections in exhibition games”.
12. SPURRIER: “The “Fun & Gun” = a vertical passing game; timing routes; receivers getting into open spots. We throw POCKET PASSES (we don’t like to break the pocket). TD’s are the ONLY thing (going in – don’t be afraid to throw into the end zone)”.
13. SPURRIER: “WR’s BURST an “UP” at 6 yds. to give the feeling of a hitch”.
14. SPURRIER: “Pressure comes from within, and stress comes from without. You must learn to deal with, and defeat both”.
15. SPURRIER: “I can’t worry about what other people think. I’ve got to do what’s best for the team”.
16. PHIL SIMMS ON BRET FARVE: “You’ve got to rip his heart out to defeat him”.
17. BYU TRAINER: “Napoleon was keenly aware of his soldiers getting cramps while fighting in Egypt. He cured this by giving them 2 ounces of pickle juice, chased by water, as often as possible. At BYU – we give them 2 ounces of pickle juice chased by water or “Powerade” before the game, and at the half. It works!!!”.
18. THEISMANN: “On the hitch – throw the ball to the outside shoulder of the WR”.
19. THEISMANN: “10% of football is what happens to you, and the other 90% is how you react to it”.
20. THEISMANN: “Success is not an entitlement, it has to be EARNED”.
21. STEVE YOUNG: “Nobody can cover anybody one on one in the NFL”.
22. STEVE YOUNG: “#1 goal for a QB in the NFL = GET THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HANDS”.
23. SID GILLMAN QUOTE: “QB MUST throw before the receiver breaks”.
24. STEVE YOUNG: “The West Coast offense is all about 1st. & 2nd. down completions.
25. STEVE YOUNG: “PASS”! (“The run is used to eat the clock”).
26. ONLY 2% of college football players get to the NFL!
27. University of Georgia was 10th. In the SEC in time of possession, but FIRST in scoring”.
28. University of Miami’s AVERAGE scoring drive = 1:58. They always lose the time of possession battle, but USUALLY win the game”!
29. JAWORSKI: “QB must look down the gun barrel, plant the back foot in the ground and throw!”.
30. JON GRUDEN: “If you have a good blocking TE and a strongside running attack, you must have a good “X” who can win in the passing game weak. This is what we aim for”.
31. JOHN UNITAS QUOTE: “When you know what you’re doing – you DON’T get intercepted”.
32. THEISMANN: “I don’t like play action passes BECAUSE your safety valve is tied up in the L.O.S., and it becomes 2 or 3 man routes. Also, it is LOUSY vs. the blitz”.
33. THEISMANN: “I’m not a big fan of receivers doing too much reading, because as a QB, I’m not always sure WHAT he’s seeing”.
34. THEISMANN: “If you’re decisive, a lot of good things will happen (make QUICK decisions)”.
35. SPURRIER: “QB must be accurate, smart, & on time (know where everybody is)”.
36. THEISMANN: “Don’t give up on a play – keep play alive (receivers in particular)”.
37. SPURRIER: “Penalties = a lack of concentration due to fatigue”.
38. RAMS = “win on speed, quickness & attitude”.
39. FRYAR (SKINS WR): “If DB cuts you off, “body-up” and try to get interference call”.
40. JURGENSEN: “Get yourself back and set, step in direction of throw, and CUT IT LOOSE”.
41. BILL PARCELLS: “Authority has to be absolute. If they’re going to get rid of me, they’re going to get rid of me doing it my way. If you’re going to cook the meal, you ought to be able to shop for the groceries”.
42. PARCELLS: “Teach smart & tough football”.
43. PARCELLS: “If they don’t get it, you didn’t go over it enough”.
44. BOBBY KNIGHT: “If I don’t tell you when you make a mistake, how do you know if you made one, or not? You’ve got to change (IMPROVE)”.
45. PARCELLS: “Sometimes you have to get hit in the face 3 or 4 times before you smell it”.
46. PARCELLS: “My favorite poem is “THE MAN IN THE GLASS”.
47. THEISMANN: “A great TE like Shockey eliminates the Safety from run support”.
48. “FOOTBALL IS HEART, COMMITMENT, PAIN, & COURAGE”.
49. MERRILL HOGE: “Passion is the lubricant of success”.
50. BILL COWHER: “Our passing game really improved when Mike Mularky (“OC”) eliminated “option” routes, and gave the QB only half the field to work in (on a given pass)”.
51. COWHER: “When you pass, 3 things can happen, & 2 of them are good: 1. Completion, 2. Pass Interference, 3. Incomplete”. (don’t ask me why he left off interception).
52. PARCELLS: “Cowards play in the middle. You have to cross the line to the RIGHT”.

[Bronco]

Personally, my favorite is #104... :D

53. DICK VERMEIL: “Quality people win”.
54. GREEN BERETS: “Take fear and make it your friend”.
55. MIKE MARTZ: “If your focus is fear of failure, then you won’t enjoy success”.
56. JOE MONTANA: “Play the next play (after the whistle – don’t dwell on the previous play)”.
57. JOE GIBBS: “When we didn’t want to convert a particular route or pattern – we called “RUN-IT” in the huddle.
58. SID GILLMAN QUOTE: “All even numbered routes (inbreaking) on our tree were “RUN-IT’S”, and all odd number (outbreaking) routes converted (except the “7”).
59. CHUCK NOLL MOTTO: “WHATEVER IT TAKES”!
60. ON MISTAKES IN FOOTBALL: “One’s an accident, two’s a trend, three’s a problem”.
61. GILLMAN ON BEING INNOVATIVE: “The final frontier is not space, it’s the human imagination”. “Innovation is when form and function come together”.
62. TOM JACKSON: “Toughness isn’t the ability to play hurt, it’s the ability to play WELL hurt”.
63. PARCELLS: “When RB’s clear L.O.S., run THRU safeties – don’t cut it outside. Run for FIRST DOWNS, not touchdowns”.
64. PARCELLS: “ALL great players respond to competition”.
65. BEAR BRYANT’S FAMOUS QUOTE: “Your back is going to be against the wall in life. You must learn how to handle adversity (adversity is the greatest test of mankind)”.
66. COWHER: “We had the #1 defense in the league, and the #1 running game in the league, but that was NOT ENOUGH until Mike Mularky installed our current pass offense”.
67. STEVE YOUNG: “The middle of the field (from 5 yds deep to 25 yds deep) = the “no fly zone” – if you can’t read it, stay out of it! Throw outs, ups, etc., because you can move or scramble that way”.
68. JOE GIBBS: “Big plays come from the WR’s blocking downfield”.
69. DAN RILEY (STRENGTH COACH): “The strongest muscle in the NFL is in the HEART”.
70. ALEX GIBBS: “O-Line must be tougher and nastier than the D-Line”.
71. JURGENSEN: “Lombardi said that if the QB won’t take a hit he should wear a skirt”.
72. “HIT THE HARDEST, THE MOST, & MORE OFTEN AND YOU’LL WIN THE GAME”.
73. JURGENSEN: “Check out QB’s RELEASE POINT in passing technique problems”.
74. “IT’S NOT THE YEARS IN YOUR LIFE THAT COUNTS, IT’S THE LIFE IN YOUR YEARS”.
75. MARTZ: “A team MUST NOT start ‘pointing fingers” when things are going bad”.
76. AL DAVIS: (To Raiders “OC” who in a meeting – told the offense “we’re going to take what they give us”): “Don’t ever let me you say that again. We don’t take what they give us. We make them take what we give THEM”.
77. BILL WALSH: “The QB’s today need more protection. By the way these teams are playing, they don’t have enough blockers so the QB is taking a lot of punishment. The other problem is that the QB’s are being really damaged by the hits that come just after they’ve thrown the ball. My answer to the blitz would be to have the Tight End and the two Running Backs check before they release. And, to run more shallow crossing patterns”.
78. BILL WALSH: “Sooner or later, you have to make big plays from the pocket because you can’t win a championship with legs at that position. You have to win with the arm”.
79. DON CORYELL: “It was a timing system, and I had only one rule: NEVER PASS UP AN OPEN RECEIVER. You look…you look…and you look, but if number one or two is open, you get the ball to them. Don’t wait and hope that number three or number four MIGHT be open deeper. And if you have any doubts, throw the ball out of bounds”.
80. DAN FOUTS: “My rules for the Charger receivers were: 1) NEVER FOOL THE QB, and 2) ALWAYS BE WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE”.
81. STEVE YOUNG: “The “West Coast” offense is all about the feet. As originated by Bill Walsh, it is any play or set of plays that tie the Quarterback’s feet to the Receiver’s route so there is a sense of timing”.
82. SONNY JURGENSEN: On 3rd & 10 – it’s a GOOD idea to go to the 3 step game because they are playing you for the 5 step drop.
83. LEE CORSO: “80% of games are won by the coach with the best players”!
84. PHIL SIMMS: “NFL QB must learn NOT to rush his throw when he can account for all rushers”.
85. PHIL SIMMS: “When they cover the Center & both Guards with 3 down lineman – expect the blitz! They are trying to get single blocking”.
86. PHIL SIMMS: “If QB is throwing a perfect spiral – it’s a pretty good indication that the ball is coming out of your hand properly”.
87. RON TURNER: “If QB is cold in huddle - he shouldn’t blow on his hands (because everyone else will THINK the are cold – they follow YOUR lead)”.
88. BILL PARCELLS: “Give your best everyday, or you won’t be here”.
89. DARYL “MOOSE” JOHNSON: “You get mental reps in practice by paying attention”.
90. “Defense is TRYING to make QB throw off back foot”!
91. JOHN MADDEN: “Winning is a great deodorant”.
92. JOE THEISMANN: “The most used personnel packages in NFL (2003) are: 1 Back/2 TE/2 WR AND 1 Back/1 TE/3 WR”.
93. BILL PARCELLS: “Don’t sweat it – it ain’t nothing but FOOTBALL”!!!
94. BILL PARCELLS: “Pay attention to detail”!
95. KERRY COLLINS: PRE-SNAP READS: “First – I find the guys that will make me “hot” (according to protection I have). Second – I watch the Safeties for disguise. Third – I check the Corners techniques (2 deep – are they jamming hard; 1 Safety – are they off or press). Fourth – if single high Safety & 1 on 1 with Corners = go outside. Fifth – if two high safeties = go middle of field”.
96. LEE CORSO: “80% of screens to people lined up in box (RB, etc.) are stopped by a lineman from behind (assign one man to peel back on him)”
97. CHUCK AMATO (TO N.C. ST. QB – RIVERS): “If he’s open - throw to him; if he’s not – don’t”!!!
98. JIMMY JOHNSON: “Team with fewest turnovers wins 84% of time”!
99. BILL PARCELLS: “Attitude is everything”!!!
100. JOHN MADDEN’S 3 RULES FOR PLAYERS: A) BE ON TIME; B) PAY ATTENTION; C) PLAY LIKE HELL!
101. DONALD TRUMP ON SUCCESS: A) STAY FOCUSED; B) BE PARANOID; C) GET EVEN!
102. Percentage of onside kick attempts that were successful in the NFL (2003 season) = 21%
103. BRET FARVE: “I believe in reading the PROGRESSION of receivers. I stick with the progression regardless”.
104. JOE THEISMAN: “Joe Gibbs was the winningest NFL coach of the decade of the 1980’s”.

[Liquid Bricks]

Great quotes. Its amazing how much you can learn from one quote.

[mad_bomber]

That was a very good read!

[Warbuck$]

Needless to say, Spurrier's quotes only apply to the college game.

[TrojanNole]

That was a awesome read.

[kbell97]

Great Read Bronco! :d

[Farmer]

Being a die hard Niners fan, I'm kinda partial to #'s 77 & 78 myself. :D



-Farmer

[BALANCED ATTACK]

Needless to say, Spurrier's quotes only apply to the college game.
Applies to the pros also,he just need to learn better ways to protect the passer in the NFL.

[Equalizer]

Applies to the pros also,he just need to learn better ways to protect the passer in the NFL.

NO, he is just a bad coach who scrapes by in the NCAA with SUPERIOR talent due to the school.

[Warbuck$]

Applies to the pros also,he just need to learn better ways to protect the passer in the NFL.
I think it was worse than that. He got rid of his running game. He picked up mediocre at best QBs.

[djwill13]

excellent read.................even if it did take me 3 days to read it. my eyes were gettin sore. lol

had to take breaks

[Bronco]

lol...yeah, it's definitely one of those you have to come back to...

[BALANCED ATTACK]

NO, he is just a bad coach who scrapes by in the NCAA with SUPERIOR talent due to the school.One of the best coaches ever,won an ACC championship with DUKE,enough said............

I think it was worse than that. He got rid of his running game. He picked up mediocre at best QBs.

His main probelm was that he surrounded himself with mediocre assistant coaches.He needed some veterean NFL coaches on his offensive staff who knew the NFL game..Once Marvin Lewis left,he needed the same on the defensive side.