Brian Flores Quotes

Brian Flores

Profession : Coach

Birth : February 25, 1981

Look, that rookie year you got a lot going on. You got to get a house, you got to get a car, you have to move to a whole new city. I mean, there are so many things that are going on.

Brian Flores

I'm passionate about coaching.

Brian Flores

I tell my players this - I can go out there and get conditioned if I just go out there and run every day. I'm not going to do that, not like they do; but I could do that. Any of us in here can do that. That really takes no talent; it just takes hard work, effort.

Brian Flores

This idea that players were kneeling in support of social justice was something some people couldn't wrap their head around. The outrage that I saw in the media and the anger I felt in some of my own private conversations caused me to sever a few long-standing friendships.

Brian Flores

I'm trying to challenge all my players. I'm going to do that how I see fit.

Brian Flores

Those things that are basically foundational - hard work, high standards, playing for your teammates, putting the team first - those things are ingrained in my fabric.

Brian Flores

We believe in developing players and improving players on a daily basis. That would be the opposite of giving someone a 10-game audition.

Brian Flores

I think the term tanking, I think it's disrespectful to the game. I really do. I don't like that term. I don't like when people use it.

Brian Flores

You need discipline to play this game.

Brian Flores

I'm always excited when it comes to coaching football, mentoring guys and them becoming better people.

Brian Flores

Everyone's got things going on in their lives.

Brian Flores

I would say a lot of the things I learned in New England were about putting the team first.

Brian Flores

This is a demanding league, so we've gotta be demanding on our players. They need to understand that.

Brian Flores

I'm going to go into every game trying to win. That's always going to be my objective. I'm going to go into anything I do trying to win. I'm going to instill that in everybody I come across.

Brian Flores

Everybody talks about, 'This guy is talented; that guy is talented.' The talent on the team and a lot of things in this game come down to focus, execution, not making a bad penalty. Really, that's not a talent issue. It's a focus issue; it's a mindset issue.

Brian Flores

I'm not really into individual awards, especially in a team game like this.

Brian Flores

You know, that's kind of the discipline of playing defense is you've got to stay home when you've got to stay home, but at the same time, we want to be aggressive.

Brian Flores

You have to make sacrifices if you want to do what you want to do in this world. If you really want something you make the sacrifice. If you don't, you don't.

Brian Flores

I think you can do that specifically with players - you can be tough on them, expect a lot from them, but not be somebody they despise.

Brian Flores

It's football. You need 11 guys on each play and go out there and play together, play as a team.

Brian Flores