Marvin Lewis Quotes on Time (12 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.

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.

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.

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

When picking fourth, you know from day one hes going to be a starter. Drafting later, that guy might not jump off the board 100 percent of the time.

I showed them the Rams' Chicago game and I showed them the San Diego game, and how they went right down the field the first drive. But in the second or third series, those defenses made plays. So I told our guys hang in there and we'll adjust. It's hard to replicate their motions, their shifting in practice. But we'll get a feel for it when we see it live. It just takes some time.

There was (the) ability for us to take advantage of some NFL cap numbers and rules if we got this completed in time. This is a foundation, and now we're able to move on and know where certain things are spent and allocated.

Carson does not change. Thats been the best part of Carson Palmer from the time I first met him through all the times spent with him prior to the draft, to us telling him he was going to be our choice while he was here on his visit. The way he has handled himself, his family, his representation everything has been just great.

We don't have to worry about the playoffs, ... We've just got to worry about one game at a time.

We're in a situation on our football team where no matter what position the guy plays, he doesn't necessarily have to come in right now and be the bell cow. We don't have to put the pressure on that guy to do that, right or wrong. But when we pick that first pick, we want a guy that we feel can be a fine pro for a long time.

And yet he wasn't moping and getting down on himself. He's a fighter. He know he's got to come back and do it the right way. He knows he had a chance to kind of be the hero, which would have been fun. It would have been neat. But not doing it this time won't stop him from doing it the next time.

He's a good player. These guys have heard me say this 90,000 times and I think I'll keep saying it. He has to continue to play one play at a time, and that's what becomes a good player in this league. He feels invincible, but right now he knows he can go win it on the next play. He doesn't have to win it on every play. I think that says a lot for him and how important he is to this team.