Marv Levy Quotations

We appreciate his efforts and wish him well in what lies ahead in his career.

When you say you're building for the future, that's an incomplete sentence. You're building for the future coach and general manager, is what you're doing.

Some coaches who do that are protecting an image they have, an image that they sort of like,

Mike surprised me with that. I just told the guys to take the rest of the day off.

No, I am not going to be the coach.

I don't even want to comment. I'm commenting more on coaching than I should, until I get a chance to meet with Mr. Wilson. We wanted to cross this hurdle before we talk about that.

He has to be a good teacher. He has to work well with everyone in the organization. And he has to be a straight shooter with his players and, as hard as it is, with the media.

It goes beyond just the Eric Moulds situation. We hope something can be worked out with him. We'd like to keep him and we'll continue to make our efforts to do so.

I still think he has playing ability. But I don't think we can fill all of our other needs with the type of salary cap hit we have to take with him.

It depends on what the compensation would be. We would talk to them, of course. We'd talk about it. We wouldn't rule them out.

We don't have a hard and fast price. We're still talking. I'll treat that situation as it develops, because it's a big decision.

We consider Nate a valuable member of our defense and believe he will play an important role in re-establishing our defense as one of the toughest units in the league.

We will make every effort to retain him, every effort. Dick has expressed the same, and other coaches (here have). He's a talented player who can get better.

We want to win immediately. To say you're building is an incomplete sentence. ... You're building for a future coach and general manager.

But I've done it too. After a game is over, your emotions are right there and it's very easy to say something like, 'If some of these guys don't step up, we're going to have to make some changes.' I've then gone into the locker room and told the guys, 'I owe you an apology.

You need more than two receivers, believe me, in today's game. He certainly would be right in the fight for a starting position, absolutely. ... We like him.

They say two things happen when you get older. One is you begin to forget things. And I can't remember what the other one is right now.

It's that time of the year where all teams are involved in making some, to a degree, painful decisions.

It's an option, and if we use it, that's the likely person we use it on. We hope we can do a contract that goes beyond that. Sometimes you have to put the franchise tag on and work on the contract part of it.

The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them.

It's great to be back here in the excitement. This serves a great purpose. ... From my standpoint, this was the first chance we had as coaches to see these players, to get acquainted with them.

I want to say unequivocally that I am here to serve as the general manager/football operations.

Again, I don't want to say. You may think there's an obvious thing to read into, and you may be right, but I don't want to say what our strategy is going to be.

I regret that I was not more specific in stating that I will not be serving in a coaching capacity.

I know Eric had an unsettling season last year. We hope we can work something out so he can be here. Restructuring is possible.

I really, sort of, don't even want to comment. I can't answer it because I want to talk the whole situation over. But we're going to address it swiftly.

In fact, the guy we sort of like right now, my strong guess would be he'll be there four spaces below.

I didn't have the feeling that I would be back.

Change just for the sake of change or for cosmetic reasons is not good. But I'm not close enough to the situation to really assess it. I don't know the inner workings of the staff and Mike.

There will be many failures sprinkled among the successes you enjoy.

A good education prepares you well for anything.

A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you.

Security comes from earning it-not seeking it.

I got some very good advice once. That was: You're not talking to a reporter, you're talking to the public. We didn't hide things. They are a little more guarded now.

Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.

This is not a must-win; World War II was a must-win (Referring to the Super Bowl)

Plan your work and work your plan.

Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do - and 25 great players.

Systems don't win, players do.

Sure education is valuable in any respect regardless of what field you are in.

Every profession has changed. Journalism has changed. Medicine has changed. Technology has changed and it evolves. The same is true of football. Free agency has now allowed teams to be a dynasty as they have been before. It is not a great thing for the fans, but it is a good thing for the players.

World War II was a must win.

As a collegiate, I think you spend 50 percent of your time recruiting. It is a distasteful process.

The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better. What a giant leap forward in the ability of talent level, the speed, and even the grasp of what you are trying to do. There is no other distractions before the players.

If you have everything prepared, the rest will take care of itself.

The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them.

If you believe you are doing a good job in which you enjoy and like, then don't resign regardless of the pressures.

What it takes to win is simple, it's not easy.

What you do should speak so loudly that no one will hear what you say.

Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?

Adversity is an opportunity for heroism.

All the buildup and hype, everything else, is foam. The game is the beer.

Our goal is to develop our team, to earn what we get, to learn, to develop unselfish attitudes. If we achieve that, the results is that we'll win.

When it's too hard for them, it's just right for us.

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature [who] was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.