Dan Quinn Quotes

Dan Quinn

Profession : Coach

Birth : September 11, 1970

Oftentimes, you have to be able to throw it in order to run it.

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In our league, it comes right down to the end.

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Adrian Clayborn is somebody that relentlessly brings that attitude, energy, and toughness.

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Our central theme is, How good you can get? How hard can I go to see how good you can get?

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Each game we play, every game is a championship-game mindset.

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Every game, we're going to go for it, so when we get into playoff time, it's not like, 'You've really got to ratchet it up. You've really got to do something different.' Then what have I been doing the whole time?

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I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.

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It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.

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The term we use on our team is 'reset': when you go through, whether it's a negative play or a negative drive, and you get your next opportunity - not focusing on the past, but going back into your attack mode.

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Sometimes there are some matchups and man-to-mans that you like to match up on.

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As coaches, any work you may do, it's been done long ago.

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We're not Seattle East. We're our own Atlanta, and there are definitely things I learned from Coach Carroll. He had probably the single biggest influence on my coaching career.

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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.

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I think some people have a rare ability to focus. As a player, Earl Thomas has it. When he was at practice or in a game, he was always on; he was right there.

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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.

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For me, trying to connect our team together is so important. I know we'll play really well when our team gets really tight. So I want to make sure I connect with the players so that I can help them be at their best.

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The most important thing to me is how hard we go after the ball and take care of it.

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When you have too much scheme, sometimes it's hard to work on all the things you have to, and you can make effort the top priority of your game.

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I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.

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