Brian Flores Quotes

Brian Flores

Profession : Coach

Birth : February 25, 1981

I'd say I love the challenge of game-planning for the opponent every week.

Brian Flores

I think being genuine, and being authentic, is a big part of leadership.

Brian Flores

I don't think about the future very often.

Brian Flores

I come in, I work hard, I do everything I can to help the team win and wherever the chips fall they fall.

Brian Flores

To me, in this league, if your only motivation is what everyone else says, you're probably not going to be here that long.

Brian Flores

Minkah's a football player. I think his strength is that he can handle a lot of different positions. He's versatile. Free safety, strong safety, corner, Star, 'backer. You can do whatever you want with him.

Brian Flores

Well, I think anytime you can sack the quarterback, that's great. With that, when you're sacking him, you're pressuring him, and I think no quarterback likes having pressure on the edge or up the middle. So, yeah, I value pressures a lot, and I think that goes a long way toward marrying a rush and the coverage and playing really good defense.

Brian Flores

I've worked so hard to get to where I am in football, to become a head coach.

Brian Flores

I'm black. I grew up poor. I grew up in New York during the stop-and-frisk era. I've been stopped because I fit a description before.

Brian Flores

Take it one play at a time. That's what we try to do.

Brian Flores

I think I'm good at compartmentalizing and taking care of what I've got to take care of.

Brian Flores

I'm going to try to get our team to work hard, play together, play with good fundamentals and technique, play as a team, try to put the team first. That's a hard thing to accomplish as a coach. That's my goal. You can call it whatever you want. You can call it 'Patriot Way,' but to me, it's just trying to coach and play good football.

Brian Flores

I think leadership is about being honest. It's about being transparent. I think it's about putting yourself in the shoes of others.

Brian Flores

I think there's a discipline, a toughness, a respect for the game that I learned in New England that I think is just basic, the way football's supposed to be taught and practiced and preached.

Brian Flores

Well, it's always a goal to be consistent all the way throughout the game.

Brian Flores

Every day is a challenge in this league, but I kind of embrace it and enjoy it.

Brian Flores

Well, every down is important and every snap in the game is important. We try to let our players know that.

Brian Flores

How I've always kind of approached everything is I take everything day to day.

Brian Flores

I've had the privilege of being a part of many different circles that have included some very powerful and influential people of all different races and genders.

Brian Flores

None of us are exempt from tragedy.

Brian Flores