Dennis Green Quotes (109 Quotes)


    Field goals are the second-best thing you can get. The first thing you want are touchdowns, but you don't turn your back on field goals, because they are points. But we just have to have better balance.

    Josh has worked hard to get better. He really believes in himself as a player. I think he's been working with another guy who's had some great games in Kurt. I think they've helped each other.

    That's a good theory. We have an idea of how we want to do things, and boy, we better get there and start doing them. We know that Marcel and J.J. are two different types of player. One has been a very good college breakaway threat and the other is a good slashing, power-type runner. I think there's a role for both guys.

    I think people wanted to be a part of the action, and as long as they kept coming, the stadium had a seat for them.

    Any time one of the 32 teams loses a starting quarterback, it probably makes a difference.


    The more you lose close games, the easier it is to lose close games. We would like to turn that around. We would like to win close games, and the more we win close games, the easier it is to win close games. To do that, we had to make some changes. I feel very strongly about that.

    You always have to take each individual situation. (For) some players it's a lot easier to be here all the time and some players it isn't.

    We really feel that Antrel Rolle is a tremendous player. He's really one of the classiest guys in the draft.

    A blockbuster deal in my opinion is one that eats up most of your cap space. It means you get one player and one and done. And we're not going to do that. If you ask me if we're going to go after one of the incredible backs that might be available in a blockbuster deal, that probably will not happen.

    We felt he still has what it takes to be a winner in the league and to be a leader. Difficulty is a part of the game. There are very few guys who have clear sailing in the National Football League.

    We've had some very good meetings with everybody involved (on) the executive side of it. I feel very good about the strategy.

    We played our worst defense at the worst possible time.

    Look at Cincinnati last year. They won the division and went to the playoffs. That's the type of thing that gives hope.

    I think he's ready to come out and play. He'll probably want to get some action because neither he nor Jerry Porter have caught very many balls.

    I don't think we could his or Marcel's because we didn't really have any (running) lanes. I think maybe the second carry or first carry, we knocked off about 12 yards. We were hoping that was going to be indicative of how we were going to run the ball yesterday, but we didn't.

    You know you're always going to have competition.

    You look at his ability to go out and run the football, and that's an element we just have to have. We are extremely excited. We had a great weekend.

    He didn't get in. I thought he was in until I saw the replay.


    We like him. He has good leadership skills. You go down to Florida State and he is kind of the No. 1 guy on a team with a lot of big-time players.

    He's got something wrong with his meniscus there, so they're going to go in and do a scope on it, see exactly what it is. It could be not real bad, or it could be a little worse than that.

    There have been so many negative things said about the Arizona Cardinals for such a long period of time. Anytime someone says something good about you, it's good for the players.

    I always talk to Al Davis. But it's not a good fit. I thought it was a decent fit back when I was a 29- or 35-year-old coach or something. I don't think Al's going to call. I think what Al's probably going to do is hire somebody off his staff.

    He's a terrifc player, and I think he'll make up ground very quickly.

    I was irritated with the outcome today. We're very disappointed.

    He's been given a lot of God-given talent, but he's really motivated. He likes to be the best. It's how he sees himself. And he's got an unusual body. He's strong as hell. He's one of the strongest guys in the league.

    I think I've got to help everybody have a better atmosphere to do their job. I don't call the plays on offense and defense. I have over the years, but prefer the role of being able to help those guys. I don't feel like I've helped them as much as I could have.

    A lot of natural strength, and he works at it. He didn't have a great training camp last year, I didn't think. His accuracy seemed to be a little bit off, but like a golf swing, he found out what his groove was.

    I think coming off an injury is always tough. But he's a tremendous player. He has a good explosion, excellent hands, and (he's) very competitive.

    Another batch of solid free agents and a second good draft bolster his argument. You just have to keep pluckin' away, ... get some guys that come in and make a difference.

    The nature of the game means that sometimes players stay and coaches go, sometimes coaches stay and players go, and sometimes everybody goes. That's just the way it is.

    I think that Kyle is a very good player. He's a rugged player. The guy always goes all out.

    The mourning process is not over. That will go on for a long period of time. I think he felt there were things he had to accomplish still this year, and he had to get back to the task of doing it.

    We won't make any other shifts, even though Huff has played middle linebacker most of his career.

    Seattle blitzed us a few times, but what really hurt us was dropped passes. I've said it before -- dropped passes and penalties will send out your punter, and that's what happened.

    It seems like just yesterday when we were all together in Minnesota. I remember James, who was about 6 or 7 at the time, just loved being around the facility and the team and most of all being around his dad.

    He'll be one of the best athletes they've got there. He can dunk a ball any way you want to dunk it. Absolutely. He's got exceptional speed, exceptional jumping ability. He'll be a regular gym rat.

    The first unit, we wanted to go halfway through the third quarter. I think that John has only been closing the games out. We wanted him to play a little bit more in the third quarter. This week, Josh will be in his customary second team when the second unit goes to play.

    Tony is a fabulous coach, ... He was ready for his head job. I just think it's all about opportunity.

    I never have any hard and fast rules like that. What I believe in is that the team deserves for me to make the decision on who the best guy is to help us win.

    As they say, a lot of accidents happen around the house so you have to be careful. I'm not sure all the details. I did talk with Calvin and that's the most I could get get from him as far as how it happened. He just kind of slipped and went to brace himself and went through the window.

    I believe that we will be able to run the football. I think we'll run it a lot better than we did last year. But me saying it is not the answer. We've got to go out and do it.

    You go down to Florida State and he is kind of the No. 1 guy on a team with a lot of big-time players. They fashioned him to be on the level of a Derrick Brooks when he came out of there and (he) was a big-time leader and helped them win a lot of games.

    We've got a new guard and a new center and a new tackle. It's kind of what we've been struggling through all the time. Hopefully, we'll get the right formula.

    You've got to be patient in those aspects of the game. It can't. I mean, we're just happy that everybody's reached agreement. I think he'll be pleased with his contract, and as long as it's a fair deal, then I think we can live with it.

    We made the decision, but we're not going to make an announcement until it's time to play the ballgame. We're not going to make a big deal about it.

    It was a collaboration of two unexpected companies -- Disney with their rich heritage of characters and Hysteric because of their strong fashion and trend-setting reputation.

    I would think he's going to be out at least two preseason games. We're just happy that it's not real serious -- there's a lot of pain, obviously. And he should be as good as new.

    I think they do definitely feed off each other. If they go in the gym and play basketball, they both know they can jump up and throw down dunks. They're athletes and they're competitors. They know we're counting on them.

    We needed to wait until The Narrows project was completed so residents could use either Highway 18 or Highway 38 as alternate routes.


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