Dan Quinn Quotes

You can't tap somebody in the helmet and say, 'Go be physical.' If you're not physical, you can't play physical, and that's a big part of what we believe in.

Tackling is my favorite part of the game.

You know that when you come to England, there are a lot of players who like to play a more physical game.

I feel like I'm one of the most physical players in the league - I love contact. I love attacking. I love going to the free throw line.

When a defender comes up to tackle me, I want him to feel that ground.

Let me explain my job very simply: My job is to line up five, seven, 10 yards in front of a man and run into him at full speed.

If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.

We're gonna play fast, we're gonna play physical, we're gonna play furious, and we're gonna play contact football.

English football is very physical, much more so than Spanish football - I felt it in the first match.

English football is different, especially for a goalkeeper. It's more aggressive, more physical. It's far, far harder. The ball is in the air more, and you get pushed about. And the referees don't blow anything!

I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.

Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.

It's no secret that I enjoyed the physical side when I was a player. I was a bumps-and-bruises man.

I want to be known as a guy who breaks tackles; that's the whole objective of the game.

I don't go into a situation trying to knock somebody over. It's just the way I play: physical.

I'm an old-fashioned player, an old-school player who will foul you and foul you hard.

Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.

I've always been a physical player.

So with the skinnier guys, you definitely want to make sure you get a body on them; that's how you take away big guy's length, by getting into their bodies.

This is a physical game, and that's how you have to play. When you do that, the defense eventually gets tired of tackling you.

Playing defense, it was a tough job, but it was pretty simple: When the ball came off, get in the backfield and create havoc and find the ball carrier.

I don't want to be making tackles.

It's a violent sport. It's meant to be that way.

I don't go flying into tackles and running around 100 mph. That's just not me.

I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.