Danny Amendola Quotes

I'm going to capitalize on everything I can.

Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best.

Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that's a negative, but I think it's a real positive. You have the ball in your hand every time when you're a quarterback. Whether you're handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that's extremely important.

Any chance I get, I'll try and take with two hands.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

We're not running the ball again until we get ahead. Shula was calling the plays, but I told them, 'I don't care what he calls. We're throwing every pass from now until we get the lead.' To Shula's credit, he always gave me that option.

Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

Ain't no chance if you don't take it.

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.

It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.

That's the most important thing in football: you need to take chances when you get them.

When you're hot, you try to ride it as long as you can.

You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it.

I'm always looking to know what I'm going to do before I receive the ball in order to make my team play better.

Regardless of what you do, or who you have, at the end of the day you have to be able to execute better than the defense does in order to score points.

I have to make sure that we're in the right plays and I can get the ball out quickly and get into our playmakers' hands.

I believe I can make my advantages in size and reach count.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

I want to go out and win football games, and I want the ball to be put in my hands.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

I need balls put in the box and I need chances to be created for me.