Rod Marinelli Quotes (43 Quotes)

The competition is phenomenal. It's going to bring the best out of that entire group, I think.

Everybody has their own philosophy. I hope I never stand in the way of my assistants. I've never faced the situation before, but hopefully I'm going to allow guys to seek opportunities.

You would think, at this level, that you shouldn't have to coach tackling. No, you do. The people that don't, don't tackle well. You watch games and say, 'Man, that's sloppy tackling.' Well, you have to work on tackles and angles. It's your fundamentals. It's like if you are playing golf, you work on your golf swing even if you played 20 years, right

Guys that are really different are gifted. He's just awesome. He's confident. He knows how to move the ball. He's won a Super Bowl (in St. Louis) doing that.

It seemed to go very well. You know how things go, you kind of get a feel for it. But you don't get too excited until you get your second invitation in the mail. I've got to kind of wait and see and hang in there.

That would be nice. He just kind of made his decision to move in a different direction. That's kind of how I left it. I wish him the very best. The thing I can tell you is, he's got terrific talent.

Football always has been a show-me game. Sometimes there's too much talk. It's time to show it.

If we were out there today, he would take the first snap.

The one thing I do like about him, he is a winner. He knows how to move the football. I would love to have him, but we're still talking.

It's just about how hard the man is willing to play. Sometimes you'll see these guys on tape not playing that hard all of the time, and now you have to go research why.

It is a similar position, and he's got traits like Derrick -- but Derrick has been to nine Pro Bowls, so that's where the comparison stops.

I don't worry about other people. I worry about what we do.

I just believe you coach each man independently. You've got to spend time showing him how good he can be. ... We just have standards. I've got to get each man to understand the standard I have for him.

We just talk about the responsibilities we have to the game of football in this position. This position of power is important if it's pushed out correctly, if you push your power out to help people and help this organization and do it that way.

Right now you're using these camps as tools to teach and find what you want to teach. The biggest thing is progress and the tempo were trying to create.

I've decided to go in a new direction at the quarterback position. Things have changed since we talked last. It was my decision.

I feel very uncomfortable right now leaving the office too much. I've just got to be very smart with the time management, what's important.

I have got some history with Donnie, way back when he was a player and I was coaching back at Utah State. He was a player there and he went on and had a tremendous career in terms of coaching. I feel good about getting Donnie.

I really like that, too. That's been my nature, is to have people compete and work, so we've really stirred it up a little bit and will get this thing started in the right direction, the direction I want.

You tell men the truth. You don't hide anything, you don't skirt the issue. You just be direct with these men - that's all they want. Be direct. And tell them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.

That man knows how to win and how to move the football. I like him and I would love to have him.

It's great to get this opportunity. I want to turn the Lions into a championship team. It's going to take hard work and I'll assemble a staff that will work hard for this organization.

I love coaching young players and it starts with the staff that understands how to teach. I've trained to be a head football coach and that's what is exciting for me.

It was my decision. I won't go into it because I won't ever disrespect someone.

This isn't about me being in a comfort zone. It's about me getting the best people to help us win. I don't want to have a bunch of assistants sitting in there saluting me. I want a bunch of guys with strong ideas.

I'm a big fan of Larry. We played him a lot. This guy can block people. He works with every guy, from your first- rounder to the free agents. He's done a great job of developing players. He has a very strong personality.

At this moment, he's not with us. That's been my decision.

They both bring a sense of real good leadership and passion within their own personalities. They love football. They are here all day.

I don't think you put a timetable on that. It could be done quick, or it could be done maybe a little bit later. I think it's a process. It'll always work itself out.

I've already gone forward -- a week ago. The key thing, we now move ahead.

I've got to believe they're going to be liking it -- getting down the field, stretching the field. But within that is the work ethic that's going to come with it.

He has unbelievable balance between football and family. If you know him like I know him, you expect that from him. That's just who he is.

They both a great, great passion for football. They'll come in the morning and stay all day.

I understand football character. Guys who love football and want to be a champion. I've been around that, so I know what to look for.

It's been a very busy and enjoyable six days on the job. I've had a chance to talk to a lot of people so far.

He fits right now a lot of the things that we have in place, and the one thing I really liked when I had the opportunity to visit with him is he's flexible. He can work with what he has in the system.

It's not about me being comfortable. It's about what's right with this football team. Once I made that thought process, the decision was very easy.

I'm not interested in Pro Bowl players, I'm interested in world champions.

Actually, he was talking about it this morning. He was even more surprised about how good he was in terms of skills and all the tools that he has.

They have really good, strong leadership. I think the quarterback position -- probably about 70 percent -- is about the human being, about the person's ability to lead. That's what excites me about these guys.

I'm willing to take as long as it takes to get the right man. It may be an unknown, or it may be him.

I was disappointed when it happened to me and I'm disappointed for Joe now. But he did sign a contract and he knew this could happen from the very beginning.

That has prepared me to be a head coach.