Matt Nagy Quotes

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but the running backs and as a quarterback, I have to do my job in getting the ball in the right people's hands and doing what I do best.

The most important relationship a head coach has on his team isn't with the other coaches, the owner or the general manager. It's with the quarterback. He's the one who runs the show on the field; He's the ultimate extension of his coach. If there isn't a high level of mutual trust between them, both coach and quarterback will be doomed.

So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

Playing quarterback, you rely on everybody. Everybody impacts you.

It means a lot to me as a quarterback if my receivers think I'm a good quarterback. It doesn't really matter what everybody else thinks, but it means a lot to me when I feel like those guys trust me.

You talk all the time about being connected, being a unit, believing in each other. But if you have unnamed sources, people out there cutting you down, and then you find out it's the person calling the plays - that would be really hard to deal with, to look at him the same way.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.

Every team has to have a quarterback. You can't have two quarterbacks.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.

Dealing with LeBron is like a friendship. Coaching, but he understands that I am the boss, and I am going to call the shots, and he is fine with that.

It starts with me. I have to get the team in the right play and throw the ball where it's supposed to go.

It's football, you work with humans and humans make mistakes. We will do everything in our power to prepare the players so they know to make the right decision at the right times.

You have to have a great offensive line, great quarterback and guys around you that believe in you and help you.

The passing game is timing and trust, expecting those guys to be in the right spot at the right time.

As a QB, it's a team game, and you're all out there in it.

It doesn't matter what play is called, you have to run that play and you have to be successful on it. It just comes down to execution, all 11 players doing the right thing.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

I've got the best coaches in the world. I've got confidence in them, and they've got confidence in me.

You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for.

I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.

I think everybody individually does things a little differently. As a quarterback, every quarterback has their strengths and their weaknesses.

Respect is the most essential thing about captaincy. Respect between the captain and players is important. It is give and take.

I think it's a requirement that the general manager and the coach are communicating with each other on a regular basis, and it's unacceptable if they're not.