Mike Martz Quotes (139 Quotes)

But he's recovered and doesn't appear to have any structural damage whatsoever. When somebody drops like a rock like that and there's no movement, it scares you to death.

I just think the decision for us with Kurt was it had gotten to a point where we just felt like we needed a change to try and stimulate something, whether it was Kurt or whoever it was in that situation. Unfortunately, it was Kurt.

I wasn't myself this week. The game plan was not clear for me. ... It is just that part of me that is in me, the part that wants to just bulldog it.

He's not just kind of shooting darts like some people would think about some of the stuff that we do with motion and shifts. He's very specific about what he's trying to attack and very accurate with it. I think he's probably one of the best ones around. I really do. I think he's very good.

I haven't been feeling good for four or five weeks and there is some type of infection in my body that has gotten worse. They think they've identified what it is.

I do know some of the player issues that we have, and the guys that played well and did not play well. That will be confronted and corrected, and if we have to make a change, we'll make a change.

This goes way back, ... Even growing up in San Diego and watching this rivalry for many years, I have a real respect for the competitive nature of this matchup.

I did a bad job of calling plays in the second half, just not good. I would like to think that I could do a better job than that. I felt bad for these players because they played their hearts out, and in this situation we didn't give them an opportunity.

We've been a very young team for a few years now. And a young team kind of lacks direction. I think the leadership that comes with guys that have been in the league playing at such a high level is invaluable.

just come out (of the game), and by the time he got out, we couldn't get him back in.

You feel really good and then in the course of a couple hours you hit rock bottom.

He was playing defense and he asked to come out. You don't take yourself out. He is new here and this is his first game up. Shaun McDonald, God bless him, he just tried to make something happen.

The drudgery of camp isn't what it used to be. We've got a great group of guys, and they've worked to prepare for the season pretty hard already. I gave Marc Bulger the day off today, and the rest of the team will get the afternoon and evening off. They deserve it.

We're all excited to have Orlando back and I know he feels good about being back, too. It's a relief to have him here and we're all just very pleased he's here and we can get going.

The guys didn't feel a thing. They were playing at the same tempo at the end of the game. People talk about the heat out here, and it's warm, but we've been practicing in that 90-degree weather (in St. Louis) with all that humidity. So it really wasn't an issue for us.

The traditional camp in the NFL is long gone I would think. It is for us. You've got to get this football team ready to play in the opener the best way you can. And one of the best ways to do that is to make sure you have all the information you need to be a good player, and that you're healthy.

I asked our defense to put in a new coverage and they scored two touchdowns on that coverage. I take full responsibility for that. I thought it would help us in the running game.

It looks like he's at home. He shows up on the ball all the time. He's a very physical player back there.

What a remarkable man he is and he really deserves to be a head coach in his own right,

I've already decided I'm going to hold a helmet-throwing contest on the first day of training camp,

It's time to go now. It's time to get ready to play the season.

Our whole focus is how we play, ... Who we play is just who we play. When you put your attention elsewhere, it becomes a distraction. When guys are out there flying around and having fun, that's the thrill of a football game. To our guys' credit, they've made it look easy in the past. But speed is an attitude.

It's a very healthy competition, ... The fullback position is kind of a lost art. ... It's just a brutal position. You've got to throw your body in there and just try to slam people. And those two guys, that's what they're about.

He'll make his mark. He's a bright guy and he'll get the players' respect.

We made some critical mistakes in this game, and they're pretty obvious. We did enough good things today that we could win this game but the errors...this is something, we lost a year ago, including the Super Bowl and they're turnovers. Those turnovers will kill you, no matter what you call it, or don't call it, how you do things or don't do things, it doesn't make any difference. You cannot turn the football over, which we did.

It's not very significant. The MRI shows just a mild sprain so we'll be very careful with it. He has the potential, or the possibility anyway, of being available this week. We'll just have to see how he is. We'll hold him out of everything until Saturday, and then we'll see where he is at that time.

I have no idea where he is or what he's doing or if he's coming in September or October or November, who knows ... I don't know what to expect. If the kid really wanted to be here, he'd be here. I'm upset with the whole thing.

I'll be coaching next year, ... This is a short-term deal. I just want to make sure I'm fully recovered so that I can be healthy to coach for a lot of years. It's just too much of a risk to come back too soon. That's it in a nutshell.

I felt like if we could get it into overtime, we would win this game. I was very sure about the decision and I don't regret it.

When you're playing that well against the run, it affords you the ability to play more coverage-type things in the back end.

I thought number 33 got held on the punt return. I'm sure of it.

It would really hurt if this team wasn't going to be in such good hands.

There's some very significant concern about where this football team is on my part,

When it gets to the free safety, he has to make that play. That's just the way it is.

Jeff was a very integral part of the team, obviously, when we had the good runs there in the Super Bowls. He's an outstanding tight end, and he just happens to be a good long snapper, too. But he's here to be a tight end for us.

Some of the stuff that we're doing front-wise, we're going to get away from. We don't like it. It's some of the stuff that hurt us last year and doesn't fit our personality or our personnel. So we're going to change some of those things.

Well, I'm under contract. I want to be here, obviously. So unless there's something that I don't know, I'll be here.

He did not have the preseason that I'd want him to have, ... I think (Friday) night he played very well. He just needed to play. He figures very big into our plans. ... He absolutely has a role. We mix all five of those guys into different personnel groups.

I was anxious to see it on tape when I came in this morning. You think about it all night long, especially if we'd have lost that (game). It's not a lateral, there's no question about it.