Ron Wolf Quotes (25 Quotes)


    There are a lot of young guys who are doing it, like the guy in Pittsburgh (Ben Roethlisberger), ... He's doing it. They're seeing a lot of it (pro-style defenses) in college now.

    He has watched some pretty good people run them, so I would assume he's going to do it the way he knows best. The one thing I would say is, no matter what, do it the way you know how to do it. Don't try to be somebody you're not. Be yourself. You've got to be comfortable doing what you have to do.

    I bet there are a ton of qualified young whippersnappers who will be chomping at the bit to get it, ... My advice would be take their time to get the right one.

    Our take is that all of them are reasonable and doable. Some of the changes have been norms in our industry for some time. They're simply spelling them out in the code.

    Here was this guy who had no pretense to him whatsoever, who did no sugarcoating. His confidence was enlightening.


    That's his accomplishment and no one thought that would happen in Green Bay, Wisconsin. And that's my sense of pride right there.

    I did it by committee when I was in Tampa Bay (in the 1970s), and it doesn't work, ... It's nice to think that it works, but it doesn't.

    Reggie White was the ultimate player at his position for two decades. To have a player of that caliber cast with your players speaks volumes for your team and the direction you want to take with your organization. You're talking about a man selected to 13 straight Pro Bowls.

    We're just a fart in the wind. This ought to take care of all that silly dynasty talk.

    I happened to be working with the Jets at the time,

    There are probably bartenders who know more about the Patriots than I do. But I know Bill. I wouldn't be concerned about it. I wouldn't worry about the Patriots. I think they've got the best coach and the best quarterback.

    There's no truth to it. That's just somebody writing something to write something. That's all speculation.

    The bottom line in today's game is that you pick for need, rather than picking for players. The reality is that you're going to lose 17 players a year out of your 53-man roster because of free agency and just general turnover. Somewhere, you've got to get

    When all those around you have doubt, he doesn't have the doubt. That's what he possesses.

    He was the star of that game, ... At that scrimmage, he did everything. He substantiated everything I believed in that he was capable of doing and he did it.

    It doesn't look like anybody can catch him yet. I haven't seen enough of his games, but I haven't seen anybody who can run with him.

    The person I heard say it the best was Bum Phillips when they asked him about Earl Campbell. He said, 'I don't know if he's the best, but it won't take long to call the roll.' I think Reggie White is a charter member of that club right there. He was as dominating and as good a player as probably anybody who ever played the game.

    I would think he's worth it. They might not.

    I feel very ecstatic what he accomplished, ... He's the third-leading passer all-time, he's thrown for 50,000 yards, he's the only three-time MVP he's worth a lot more than a first-round draft choice. I really don't care how they recognize it, but I have to use that Bum Phillips line I don't know if it's the best, but it won't take long to call the roll.

    I thought he did a heck of a job for his clients, ... He works hard and earns what he's gotten.

    I was going to give them a first, ... Obviously, I didn't start at a first, but I was going to give them a first. I had made my mind up and it had already been approved so we were going to go with that regardless.

    Once we did that, he saw that people here are genuine and real. Everything that is good about the team is personified by the people here. He didn't go before the Legislature, and Sara didn't get a mink coat. We took him to Red Lobster for lunch, and we rode around the city in a four-wheel-drive vehicle in the snow.

    It's a cruel position. It's a hard one to master. There are so many intangibles, so many factors that come to bear.

    We haven't been a player in free agency other than to sign our own guys. So the only way we can build this team is through the draft. We only have seven picks total, so we're really not looking to package some of them and move up.

    This is the guy I wanted. They said four or five years, I didn't care. It turned out there wasn't anything wrong with him.


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