Dan Quinn Quotes

Dan Quinn

Profession : Coach

Birth : September 11, 1970

The longer we keep looking back in the rearview mirror, it takes away from everything that's moving forward.

Dan Quinn

I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.

Dan Quinn

Communication isn't just directing a guy on what to do: it's passing the information along to the guy that's next to you, and that's where we make the calls come to life.

Dan Quinn

What we can control is our readiness.

Dan Quinn

Iron sharpens iron, and that's one man getting another guy ready to play.

Dan Quinn

Their practice habits are terrific. I've been around some really good guys from different teams in terms of bringing it to practice. When I was in San Francisco, Bryant Young was that way. Every practice on it.

Dan Quinn

Part of what we talk about is, toughness is a talent.

Dan Quinn

We want to let our play be the judges.

Dan Quinn

When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.

Dan Quinn

That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.

Dan Quinn

Number one, from a tackling standpoint, we teach strike zone hits, and we want to hit absolutely as hard as we can in that strike zone, and that's absolutely what we call a batter in the batters box from the chest all the way down to the knees.

Dan Quinn

We want to play a really physical style ball, and so, for us tackling, we know we are shoulder-based tackling team, and we want to hit that strike zone just like you're throwing fastballs into that catchers' mitt just as hard as you can.

Dan Quinn

As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.

Dan Quinn

One of these topics we talk about with the team on our 'Competition Wednesday' is iron sharpening iron. That's the process we go through to get each other ready, and that's why we have some periods where we get to compete against one another.

Dan Quinn

You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play, as opposed to where that computer is hitting it fast and he's knowing where to go with the ball at the right time.

Dan Quinn

We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'

Dan Quinn

When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.

Dan Quinn

I think that's the ultimate sign of a teammate and respect is that they compete against one another so hard at practice that here's a chance to share some knowledge inside. It takes some humility to do that.

Dan Quinn

I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.

Dan Quinn

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

Dan Quinn