Jim Mora Quotes on Time (8 Quotes)

Mike did more today than he did at any time last week, ... We're hopeful that by the end of the week we'll be able to upgrade him and he can play this week, but we'll see.

It's nothing that seems serious at this time, ... We don't have to file anything officially with the league yet, so I'd say they're questionable, at the very best.

I think a lot of people are still narrow-minded when it comes to accepting alternate ways on how to play a position. We see that with Mike (Vick) all the time, obviously. People want him to be something he's not.

I don't know if you could ask a player or a coach with a family to abandon their family at a time like this for a football game, ... That doesn't make sense to me.

The instant we sat down together in my interview, I felt like there was a connection between us. Because of our backgrounds, I mean, we're like the same guy. We both lived and died with our father's successes as we grew up. And because our fathers' both had success, and then failures that really kind of crushed them at that time, we have a shared perspective. We connect at those levels.

I think it was Tampa a 27-0 road lost last season, and the Kansas City game a 56-10 loss where I kind of made a big issue ahead of time about crowd noise and the environment. I learned a lesson doing that. You control what you can control, that's basically the message.

He sees the holes very well because he has done it for a long time. Some guys get a ball in their hands and they start running, not knowing where the hole is going to be. Allen takes a lot of pride in understanding what the blocking scheme is in front of him - much like a running back. He can predict where the hole is going to be, and he hits it quick.

He had a thumb problem in New England and seems to be just about healthy now. I'm glad that we were able to get someone of his caliber at this point in time.