Marvin Lewis Quotes (145 Quotes)

Shaun's done very well from the time we picked him up last season. His work habits have improved.. He understood he had a great opportunity to make this team, and he seized the moment.

We've got to be fair to everyone else. We got to be fair to Willie Anderson, to Rudi Johnson, to Chad Johnson and to the defensive players. Let's make sure everybody's upholding their end of the bargain.

There is some disappointment involved in making this move. But I believe it's in the best interests of the Bengals and Peter to go forward.

Obviously, we didn't play very well today. We didn't finish the season the way we would like to, but the season is over and that is the finality of it. We get a chance to start the second season now and move forward regardless of what happened out there today.

We are not off to a good start. We just won one football game. We have a chance to write the script on what a good start is. We play Minnesota next week, and now that is our focus.

We have a plan. Some of it can be the game plan, some of it can be the opponent, where other guys are at the position health-wise. Sunday morning we should be pretty close. I want to make sure the guys who should be OK and ready to go are OK and ready to go.

You have to make a lot of plays to overcome a lot of turnovers, and it probably doesn't happen very often in the NFL, which is why that turnover ratio seems to be so significant. When you're on the plus side, No. 1 you're getting yourself off the field defensively, limiting your exposure to bad things happening to you. And you give your offense more opportunities to make bad things happening to the opposing team. You want to play defense on the sidelines. That's the best way to play defense.

Obviously, right now, he would have a difficult time coming in and being a starting player on our team just because he's missed too much. I can't subject the other 52 players and our coaches and everybody else to that.

Unfortunately, we had somebody else who was more selfish than Chad. That person won't be with us next year, I'll tell you that. Those people aren't good for you.

You've got to go do what you're supposed to do. The good thing that we accomplished tonight was taking care of the football.

It wasn't his best effort. He will play better. He was hobbling a little bit, but that's part of football. He's one of our guys who we expect to play better. He's one of our leaders and best players. So we're counting on Levi, just like we're counting on (right tackle) Willie (Anderson).

Why would I want our game in Pittsburgh to be there on a Thursday night to open the season (It favors the home team), particularly coming off a world-championship season.

We do want to get things settled and get an opportunity to get the guy signed. I think it's important for us, for where our program is, our team, our city, that we don't have any problems with that and it's as smooth as we can make it.

He has played and excelled in big games, and at Tampa Bay, he has been a part of a defense that has been a very fine unit for a number of years. Were excited to add him to our roster.

One player doesn't make a difference. The tendency you get -- the public furor that one person or one thing will make a big difference. I think that's been proven (false) over time.

It's an exciting week for the city. For our football team, I'll keep them calm and let's just get ready to play the football game. But I think for everybody else it's going to be an exciting week.

We're excited the schedule is out it helps keep you energized. It's a challenge, but you don't win anything without facing a challenge. We welcome the opportunity to earn our way back into the playoffs.

We have to play with our heads down, don't worry about the score. The score will take care of itself. We somewhat get all worried about what's going on up there on that flashy thing with all the numbers and colors. Don't worry about that just play.

I think every team has to go and create its identity. We don't know what our identity is. We're going to create that, ... You make your own identity. You don't have to worry about that until you go out there and get to write your own script. So let's go forward.

People around the league knew even last year, that when former Redskins defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis was there, it was Marvin who kept the team together,'' said the Redskins observer, himself a veteran of the NFL game.

I think there is a playoff atmosphere and I think us going into it for the first time, we have to understand the energy of that. It's more than Opening Day, it's more than the last time we played the Steelers and so forth, so it's going to be important.

We're not here to be average. We weren't consistent. What you did in 2003 and 2004 really doesn't matter. It's 2005. The bar has been raised. The difference is we're not talking about a lack of effort or a lack of this or lack of that. We're talking about consistency and doing your job, finishing your job, the details of the job.

Carson is our offense. When our (offensive coaches) get together Monday evening to begin to put together the plan, we do things that we feel Carson is going to be extremely comfortable with.

It's not going to be a surprise on draft day. As quick as we can, we want to come to a consensus and a decision. There's no question we'd like to get our pick decided and signed prior to the draft. There's no secret there. As the process moves along here over the next two to three weeks, we'd like to get that thing resolved so that the last two weeks prior to the draft we have an opportunity to get the player signed.

I've advised everybody, all the time. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

We dug ourselves a hole in field position in the first half. Letting them go down the field and scoring in the third quarter, so we're playing from behind today Jacksonville beat us.

Our focus has been geared toward beginning our season better than we did the last two seasons. We get an opportunity here to write that script as we go week in and week out.

I have no doubt in my mind that it's time for our team to achieve success. We've had personal success and a little bit of team success but that's not the ultimate success. The only way to get the ultimate success is to become a football team totally. When

We played another physical football game and we knew it was going to be that type of game. We've got to make corrections, both players and coaches.

For the guarantee, you've got to zoom in close, because I'm about to get myself in trouble,

We don't need to spout off. Let's play football.

I've already warned our guys Don't let them make you over-exuberant.

I thought our offense did a good job of fighting through some early difficulties. But we have to do a better job of field position. That hurt us on both sides of the ball.

We're on the middle line. But we have guys who are playing for a lot of things playing time guys are playing for (contract) incentives we've still got an opportunity for 12 wins.

We're still writing the script, ... We had a good September, I'll say that. Now we're in October. Let's have a better October.

His task is to prove to me that he'll be able to assume the role that Kenny Watson had, and that's being a core special teams player, then move forward from there. From that point, we can establish his role on offense.

We are underdogs. We're underdogs every time we step on the field. Don't let anyone fool you. We're underdogs.

I don't pay attention to any numbers, ... Numbers are not how you play football. We made a decision to keep Craig. Casey did a good job. It was a very, very close call, and we kept Craig.

I think it's the role of the offensive coordinator, the special teams coordinator and the defensive coordinator to coach the coaches as hard as he coaches the players. As hard as I push on them, they've got to push everybody else just as hard. I think that's important that they understand in and out that they set up, they push and make sure that the position coaches cover every detail or they cover it so that every detail gets covered.

We have to learn from this, and we will, ... I'm not worried at all. There's no psychological stigma. We'll put this behind us.

You watch it with your fingers crossed. I have a thought on that, which I'll keep to myself. I don't think it was right.

They don't pay attention to it. As long as they don't hear it from you, they're not going to know it, ... It's not like they sit around reading the newspaper. So we just have to go about our business. They're going to say 'no' to your requests. We're going to keep it as tight as we can.

So when he goes out there on Sunday, he doesn't get rattled. He's able to handle the changes, the flow of the game and make the adjustments.

I thought we did a good job at the line of scrimmage, and that was the key. We let the ball and our poise get away from us a little bit in the third quarter, and that's something we can work on to understand. In a situation like that (34-0), we're in unfamiliar territory.

We need to understand that it's about working through the tough times. You work through the critical points in the game and keep your eye on the target. Do your job. This is a lesson that we needed to learn.

We have an opportunity to have a home playoff game in Cincinnati. We still have a lot of football to play, but it's time to stop hiding from it. It's time to go sit in the front row.

Our wide receiver (Chad Johnson) was upset that we weren't doing exactly what we thought we could do on offense, that's all. He didn't do anything other than be upset and raise his voice. He needed to calm down and relax.

We know the shortcomings regarding communications with people from the New Orleans-Mississippi area. And that's hopefully all we'll be dealing with. It's been more of that for Greg, just a lack of being able to communicate, rather than anything we know is physically wrong.

I can't give you the exact definition of what a fast start is. That's the thing, we get to define that, ... We get to write the script to what a fast start is. I can't tell you right now what that script says.

It's good. It puts the focus back on the game and takes it away from guys bringing attention to themselves.