Bruce Arians Quotes

I was blessed to have followed a legendary coach in Chuck Noll.

I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did.

I coach at Rutgers University and help out there as a part-time assistant coach. I feel like the coach is kind of in me, and it would also be great exposure, so I'd be down for it, for sure.

For the Raiders, I'm always going to be ready and willing to go there and talk to those players about whatever.

Thierry is an Arsenal legend and I had an opportunity to spend time with him when he was a coach at the academy.

I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.

I coached in Washington - and in Washington, you lose the ballgame, it's a bad Monday, I just want to tell you that.

I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls.

I want to thank the people at UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky for giving Ellen and I an opportunity to coach at three great institutions.

George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.

I get the job with the 49ers, and I'm four years removed from my high school coaching days, and I'm going to be coaching Joe Montana, and I'm going, 'How do I approach this? How am I going to do this?'

We are a great fit, and I'm excited about the chance to influence a new generation of young footballers alongside Warrior.

I'm by no means an expert at coaching high school football. I'm doing the best I can in Year 1. But I've already learned a lot of lessons and I imagine I'll keep learning them.

Troy Walters and I coached together.

I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.

I want to be the best quarterback at Texas Tech, the best quarterback in the Big 12.

When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a better coach.

Coach Knapp is a tremendous quarterbacks coach.

Since I was 15 or 16 years old, my grandfather was my high school football coach and my life's been ball. Dinners we're talking about ball and college we're talking about ball.

I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.

I loved the idea of playing quarterback on Friday Night Lights in high school, that whole experience. I wanted to be a Division I quarterback, that became my goal growing up, other than being a professional hockey player.

I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I wanted young guys that could help me - guys that can coach, guys that could study, guys that loved it, that would do it for nothing. That's how I got into coaching with the 49ers when John McVay hired me.

For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.

He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything - his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big play.

We started playing the Baltimore Colts early, and I was still very impressed with Johnny Unitas, who just passed away recently. I thought he was one of the best quarterbacks at the time when I was very young, he was in his prime.