Marvin Lewis Quotes (145 Quotes)

Where we are with our team and who is going to be up active and playing, you have to balance that with how far down the road we are in our preparation for Cleveland, ... That's probably the hardest thing. Is that player going to be up and active compared somebody else I'm happy with where we are with our football team. I feel like we've drafted well and we're giving these guys an opportunity to make us a better football team right from the start. The more they play, the better they play. And it's fun to see them get an opportunity to play. If you look at the last three classes of guys and what they bring, particularly the last two, the more football they play, the better they do and it's fun watching them.

It comes down to team chemistry. Everyone has to know their role, no one can be selfish. It has to be about the team.

Hopefully, we'll learn from it.

At some point a player's got to make a decision when enough is enough.

The truth is he's been even better than we expected so far, ... Just the other day against the Jets, to move and avoid the rush and it's all getting knocked back into him. He's so big and he's got the presence to move away from it. And then when he runs, he's fast enough that they can't catch him, and he's able to still throw the football. He's learning that he's got to dump the football in the NFL and not make a bad play worse. But he is learning that.

We've got to go out and make first downs and get the field position turned around.

He is just so, so fast, and has a great competitive spirit about him when he gets an opportunity to get in the football game.

I won't be covered. I will do everything I can to make sure we win this game. That's my guarantee.

I said sacrifice something you normally do and spend that time on Pittsburgh.

Our guys responded, adjusted, and responded. Interesting enough, I talked to our guys all week about expanding their roles, and we had some guys expand their roles today.

I think what he's been able to do is have a good plan for the team and set a direction -- set it on Wednesday and reinforce it throughout the week. Then, as the game unfolds, things that come up don't put them in a panic. They are able to stay the course.

They'll keep playing. We didn't play well at the beginning of the game and were playing uphill. But we kept playing and hanging in there together.

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.

This is a serious injury, but we are told the procedure went very well.

These guys (Cincinnati media) have heard me say it 90,000 times That's why we drafted him when we did.

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.

He was right, but he didn't voice it the correct way. That's not the way to handle it.

Palmer wants to play, but it depends on how he is. If he has the mobility, then he will play. If he doesn't, then he will not. We just have to wait and see how he is.

Any time guys can't agree on a contract, there are a lot of factors. You don't need to speculate on anything. He's our guy. We drafted him. We like him. When we get him here, we're going to coach him up. There's a lot he can still add, but we're not going to jeopardize our team if indeed he's not up to speed in certain areas.

The other team wants to win just as bad as you do. You have to take it from them. We sat and hung around, but we never knocked them out.You have to stop them and knock them out. We had opportunities to, and we didn't. I give them credit for keeping us from doing that.

As a player and a person, Carson has met and gone beyond every expectation I had for him. For myself as the head coach, I'm excited about the commitment the club has made to Carson and about Carson's commitment to the organization and to the city of Cincinnati.

He's had a good week. Every time he steps on the field, he practices hard and he's learning what he needs to learn. He's getting closer to doing the things he needs to do.

They can't wait to call each other after the game on their cell phones to see who did what.

He was productive here and he's been productive as I've seen him in Green Bay. We wanted to make sure he was in physical condition to handle it. He really impressed me, actually, with what he did out here on the field. We put him through his paces pretty good, as you would think.

We made a lot of mistakes. When you make a lot of mistakes, you can lose the football game. That's the way it is. We've said this before. It's medicine. It doesn't taste good, but it's good for you.

To have Willie back now adds a sense of calmness and also determination. I think Willie and Rudi (Johnson) play off each other as far as their approach to the game.

When you recruit in college, you do those things. Those are the things you think about. How you drive a guy around the city What routes do you take Where do you take him to show him Do you involve the wife Who's important to him Who's going to help him make the decision Those are all the things we talked about and were important for us to do, as we brought these guys to town. And I think that's helped us acquire the guys we have.

He's so, so talented. As I keep saying from the day he walked in here, no matter what he touches, he can turn it to gold. And every one of us has to do our job to his level.

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.

That's a decade and a half worth of futility. Last Sunday, we went back to the basics, employing what we call the 'Viking Sex Boat Offense' using our Johnson's. And that would be Rudi and Chad Johnson, who are not related, but are soul brothers, nonetheless.

The 2005 season was a great learning experience for our franchise, our team and for me. We've established an evaluation process of free agents and college prospects. All we're going to do is get better and better at this.

Where was everybody last week They weren't here. There's no reason for anybody extra to be here this week. Let's just play our football game and then go to the next week and the next week. At some point, you deserve to have attention. But, right now, we haven't earned anything.

Offensively, we didn't convert the third down, and they get the ball. And the very first play, we get the ball back, ... So that's a big play in the football game, no question.

We didn't tackle, ... We didn't block. We didn't cover and we didn't punt. . . . I think the eye-opening thing and the lesson learned was that we were going against a very good football team. . . . If we want to go where we want to go, we have to go out and play against football teams like the Philadelphia Eagles and respond to those challenges.

He's not disengaged. That's an inaccurate perception. He just concentrates on what he feels is important. He doesn't do things just because other coaches do. In fact, he probably doesn't do them because other coaches do. But he's on top of the things he believes are important to winning.

It's tough to win on the road in the NFL. Coming out here, they were hot after last week's victory.

We didn't play very well on offense, defense and special teams. We didn't tackle, we didn't block, we didn't cover, we didn't punt. The fortunate thing is it doesn't count.

I don't care what happens tomorrow afternoon. We aren't going back to where we were. Those days are over.

This is a key development for our team. It further secures our future with one of our top players, in the prime of his career, and I want to commend Chad for his efforts in making it happen. He is showing his commitment to what we have going here.

First of all, you must have the ability to run the football and take care of the ball offensively.

Tory has great hand-eye coordination and great anticipation of the football. He's taken that job, and the pressure of it and the short memory that you've got to have at that position, and become very good at it. He's a great student of the game.

The preparation this week will be as a normal week, but there's a finality to it. That's what we have to understand. We just have to understand the urgency of everything we do, and the importance. I would think, knowing where we are in the season, we ought to have a good understanding of that. Just keep pushing on that.

It's just the way Palmer goes about life. At a golf tournament, he and Lewis were playing with a corporate chief executive. The man marveled at Palmer's natural abilities. I see it every day, ... But you would never know he is so good at everything. He ju

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.