Jon Gruden Quotes

Never believe people in this business who say they don't read what's written about them.

If you are not in the media today, then you do not exist.

Being that my name is attached to Disney, especially when it comes to social media, I always have to be careful with what I post.

If you ever plan to run for office, if you're a teenager, remember everything you do, every tweet, every Facebook posting, every picture you put on Instagram will be there forever for journalists and politicians - for your competition to dig up.

If there were rankings for press conferences, I wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top five, I hope.

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.

I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what it is; I tend not to do that.

My public image is none of my business.

I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.

Every media appearance is a learning experience about the media outlet and their journalists and their feelings about you, so treat it as such.

I never want people to know who I'm going out with or about my family. But it's difficult, because when people have seen you online since you were 14, they feel like they know you.

When you are a public figure, relationships are a bit complicated.

I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.

I pick and choose when I want to be in spotlight, which is only connected to my work and when I need to use the media.

If you want positive search results, do positive things. If you don't want negative search results, don't do negative things. To some of my colleagues across the aisle, if you're getting bad press articles and bad search results, don't blame Google or Facebook or Twitter. Consider blaming yourself.

Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

I've never been able to control my public image.

I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.

In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.

My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.

The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded.

I do a lot of sexy publicity, but I have yet to have any bad experiences regarding jealousy.

I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the bad. You have to accept it both ways.