Mike McCarthy Quotes (52 Quotes)

Friday is now a huge game for us, and we're desperate to win this competition so we can take something out of this season.

There will be an unconditional commitment from Ted and myself to bring a World Championship back to Green Bay. I think that's very important to state that right up front.

I have great respect for Jim Bates as a defensive football coach. He and I have gotten together on a couple occasions over the last several days to discuss him as the defensive coordinator on my staff. Ultimately, we agreed that the best course of action for both of us would be for the Packers to go in a different direction.

I've never been on a team that had four halfbacks and two fullback who I felt confident with to go out and play a full game with any combination you want. We're taking advantage of it and playing to the individual guys' strengths.

I've been in the meetings and watched all the practices. If I felt the quarterback depth chart should be different, it would be different.

When you pick that high in the draft, you need to have a difference-maker. On offense or defense, he needs to be a player who can help your football team for 10-plus years.

I'm not putting any timetable on that. I think it's important to hire slow. I'm more concerned with getting the right combination of people, Packer People, the thing that we talked about before. I'm not putting a timetable on it. I'm going to make sure it's right.

The Monday mornings now, they add up. I went through it myself. Definitely. That's why I think he needs to get away. I think he needs to go out in the woods with his chain saw and cut trees down and keep doing what he's doing. He needs to answer that question, because if it's not in here (his heart) then it's not going to be right for him and it's not going to be right for everybody.

I have a film I (show) every year, it's called 'How It Fell' and was on the Discovery channel. I don't dwell on it, and it's amazing how it's escaping everyone's memory.

I always felt he was going to play. A lot of days I had my doubts, but I always thought it would come to this conclusion. I have no experience in this area, so I didn't know for sure. But I think he finally got to a level of comfort where he could say he was coming back.

Well, he doesn't have to make a decision today.

We'll be cleaning and straightening up in the back. We also plan a ramp that will be handicapped accessible and an elevator maybe even a deck one day. People could overlook the river and the Becky Thatcher from the deck.

I was trying to hit an eight-run home run every time. I had a bad day. Mentally, I just felt like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders.

He's a man I respect, and the job he did this past year speaks for itself. I'd love to opportunity to sit down and see if we could work out the possibility of him working here.

To play this game you have to be all in, and nobody shows that in his play more than Brett Favre. I think we're all in agreement that if he comes back then he's definitely all in. If he needs a little more time to decide whether he's going to make that mental commitment then I think he's more than earned that.

The whole area needs developed. It's been a long, hard road, but when this is completed, it should be a gem for the community. It gets to the roots of families across the county. It's the people's building.

Brett and I have talked about a number of issues, things that are going on in Green Bay, as far as the off-season program and player acquisitions and all those types of things. I have never had a conversation with him in the context that was expressed in the article. So I will judge based on our conversations.

I was very sensitive to the fact of going with four coordinators in four years in the past. As the week went on, I was able to watch more and more defensive film with the other candidates and with Bob and it was clearly evident that the defense was growing as the season went on. A foundation was built, you could see the defensive players playing with a lot more confidence and understanding of the scheme, so those were definitely factors in my decision.

It's my job as head coach to find the best person who fits in the coaching staff. I was hopeful it would work (with Bates) but it's not there. It's not a negative - it's two people being mature about the situation.

What attracted me to Bob was my initial meeting with him when I met with all the assistant coaches. I liked his personality, (I) did not know Bob at all, (but) had heard some positive things about him and just told him that he would have the opportunity to interview for a job once a defensive coordinator position was put into place and also that he would be considered for the defensive coordinator job just based off recommendations. He just impressed me.

It's all behind-the-scenes stuff now. The business plan is going to suggest or tell us who the users will be and what they will pay. In the end, the armory will be self-sustaining.

We're going to do what we need to do to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defense from a scheme concept, and we have total confidence in Ken. We're moving full steam ahead.

Anything as far as preparation of our team, particularly on the offensive side of the ball, will not be affected by this decision.

Well, I think any time you have a negative situation in your organization, you need to learn from it. And I think we as an organization need to learn from that. So you're always looking for character football players. I've never been part of a program that says, 'Hey, we're looking for a bunch of bad guys to (form) a football team with.' So that's something that's definitely a priority of ours.

What I've told Brett is the things you need to focus on is, No. 1, playing quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, and being the leader that you have been since 1992, and don't worry about the other stuff.

Some believe you win games in April. I don't share that belief. I think you've always got to try to get better.

Our approach has been consistent. We're not taking big chances. We're staying true to our plan.

I consider this position as important as any on my staff. I've seen first-hand what (Gullickson) can do. Our players will be impressed.

He handed out scales, high-end expensive scales. He said to us, 'I'm leaving you with this token. Remember my approach You need to balance your life between family and work.' I'll never forget it. The scale is the centerpiece of my den.

I'll tell you, the future of quarterback position is in good hands.

The golf course is perfect. I had back trouble and didn't play one event last year, so it's nice to be out here again.

My father was the hardest-working individual I've ever been around. Both of my parents were like that. My mother was the voice of reason. They raised us well. They ran a tight household. We were brought up the right way. Believe me, if you wanted to do ba

He's a player we have a strong interest in acquiring.

That night, I was one of thousands of baseball fans who felt like they were 11 years old again.

Our players are the organization's most important investment. They already have some of the finest resources and traditions in all of sports, but they also need people to equal those standards. Rock is without a doubt one of those people. He's the best pe

He's been honest throughout the whole process, and Ted and I both are comfortable.

I don't think there's a coach in the National Football League who wouldn't love the opportunity to work with Brett Favre. We had a very positive working relationship in 1999, and I'm definitely looking forward to working with him again.

It was one of the quicker conversations I've had with him. Then we got right back in the draft meetings.

It'll be a totally different weight room than it was. I think we've maybe taken out 18 of the machines and we've replaced them with new power racks and stuff like that. It's the most applicable to playing football, in my opinion.

Based on what he looked like in person, when I was down there on a visit, he's definitely doing something. Whether it's just been manual labor around his property and so forth, he looked to be in pretty good shape.

We stopped the picket line because I was having a hard time getting a regular group of guys there,

Now, we may knock down a few walls and give all the rooms a fresh coat of paint. But this definitely is not a rebuilding process.

If this gets swept under the rug, we're not going to learn by the mistakes of the past and we're going to end up recommitting them because nobody ends up facing justice in this country.

I think you want to grow throughout the year. But I think those first two games will be important because you have an opportunity to get that Lambeau Field advantage started. You need to take advantage of that. And then at the end you want to be playing your best football.

He said it was a first-class stadium, and one of the best places to find a lively crowd on a mid-week evening to provide the right sort of backdrop for the film.

The one glaring statistic we need to improve on is third-down production. The most important statistic running the ball is how many attempts. We need to be up in the 25s and 30, moving the sticks and getting rid of the three-and-outs.

I'm excited about Ken Dorsey, and we have extreme confidence he'll run our offense at a high level, ... We have a lot of young players, and Ken has a lot more experience than some of the other players in this offense playing in Sunday's game. We're moving full-steam ahead.

It wasn't a pleasant conversation.

Just like every other team, we had our trials and tribulations, many obstacles that we had to overcome.

I feel very optimistic about his decision, but he needs to be 110 between the breastplates because you want him to come back and play like he always has and like we all enjoy and love. We're going to give him the timeframe that he needs.