Rex Ryan Quotes

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

When you see a guy play hard, it's kind of like you want to follow him.

That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.

I would like to be remembered as the guy who worked hard every night and set an example for the other guys in the locker room and girls in the locker room.

Coach Vermeil was the greatest.

When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.

The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.

Leadership is about setting a good example for others to follow.

One of the signs of natural leaders of men (and women) was their readiness to take the necessary pains to keep their followers with them.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

As a player, I have this feeling - and I think every player thinks this - that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, 'I will give 100%.'

I'm pretty quiet, but my best quality is leading by example.

Diego Costa always gives us physical and moral strength. He is a very important player for the character he transmits to the team, and his potential as a football player.

I love to play football, and when I come on the pitch, I want to do my best to help the team. It's up to the coach the position I play.

I have a great deal of respect for Coach Fitch. When we won the championship in '81, he was the main reason why we won. We were down and he never let us doubt ourselves.