Dan Marino Quotes

Young quarterbacks do well because they have a great defense.

To show my quarterbacks how much I believe in them, I let them pick their favorite plays that we'll run in the game. On the nights before a game we'll sit down in a hotel conference room and we'll have six third-down calls for certain distances.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

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.

A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

Coach Kiffin calls plays based on matchups and what he sees.

Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.

Even though I am not going to coach in the future, if I had to pass on a recommendation, it would be to base your game on having a strong defence.

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.

Ultimately, the yards really don't matter. So you have to score enough points, and I have been fortunate in my career to have been around some really good play callers, starting with Gary Kubiak and then going with Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay, and that was always at the forefront of our minds: How can we create explosive plays?

While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently.

I feel that sometimes managers think that, if they can come up with a tactic that leads to success in a major game, they can get all the plaudits.

I don't go into a game thinking I'm going to run more than I'm going to pass. So it just depends on what the defense is going to bring in the situation of the game and what happens that play.

I handled myself as a quarterback in the manner I thought necessary.

As a quarterback, you have to go out and take care of the ball. That is your No. 1 priority.

It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'

Honestly, I always told my coaches my whole career - we'll practice two-minute drills in practice, like, once a week and everything - I'm just like, 'Those are my favorite time of football.' I'm out there in total control, just getting everything lined up, getting everybody on the same page, and obviously, usually it's pass after pass after pass.

I need to keep improving tactically, defensively and offensively for the last pass, the last shot.

It's my job to run the offense and make sure everything goes smoothly.

I think any time an offense struggles with developing a rhythm, struggles with scoring points, I think the first thing you have to examine is the quarterback.

At the end of the day, I'm a good defensive football coach.

Players at the highest level have got high football intelligence, so they can adapt, but at the same time you need a structure and an idea of how you've got to play that system.

I'm a big believer in your offensive limitations come from your quarterback.