Jeffrey Lurie Quotations

What we do at the end of every season - which is why it's probably not the greatest idea to talk about things in the visitor's locker room after the final game - we sit down and have real serious conversations with all of the senior people.

The only model to me that correlates with big success in the NFL is having a Hall of Fame franchise quarterback.

He's a leader, a top-notch human being and somebody you can't ask more of. He's exceptional in every way.

The owner always has the final say. You have to decide who is going to be the best fit for the organization.

I think when you have strong leadership at the coaching level and you empower the coach and the coaching staff, you have a lot more stability.

I thought that was appropriate because Mike Holmgren is the coach of Seattle, and was Reggie's coach in Green Bay.

I think at the end of season you really learn exactly how you might become better.

Other than my family and my close friends, there's nothing I love more than owning the team and doing everything I can to make it a success. That's how I live. That is me.

Reggie White is one of the finest players and human beings ever to play in the National Football League, and he is most deserving of being elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is certainly one of the top players in the long history of the league. Reggie was more than a great football player. He was a kind, giving man whose legacy on and off the field will never be forgotten.

You can always argue you're never good enough until you win the Super Bowl. And even then, you're going to lose players, and you're not good enough then, either.

To be better than 31 other teams, you better be a really good team. It's just not about one person.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of one of the greatest men ever to play the game of football,

You have heard me say many times that I want strong leaders who feel free to express their opinions.

The question of the fire, the motivation, the discipline, it's all there. What you can't account for is what happened in Carolina last year.

When you inherit a franchise that won one playoff game in the last 10 years, you've inherited a troubled franchise.

We wanted this tribute to be a lasting one.

Brian's a guy that we all would like to have a long-term contract with. He wants to stay. We want him to stay. It's just about finding the right value. I don't see why that couldn't happen, but you never know.

The way it was explained to me was, by rule, if players throw punches, the official is obligated to eject the player.

I've lived through a lot of division championships, a lot of final-four appearances, but our goal is further than that. We want to deliver a Super Bowl.

As an owner, you have a choice. Do you want to adopt a vision that you think is real sharp and real cutting edge and could get you from good to great - has a chance - or do you want to just say the organization is not about that, and we're not going to try to adopt a new coaching philosophy and vision.

You notice it with any organization that's had a lot of success: you will start to reach thinking, 'That's the player, that's the method, that's the mechanism, that's the coach, that's the thing that's going to put us over the top.'

You never want to plateau out. Getting better every day is my expectation.

It's an important night for the Eagles because we are recognizing truly one of the greatest football players in the long history of the National Football League and also one of the finest human beings in the long history of the National Football League.

It's an important moment for this franchise to recognize one of the greatest players in the history of this league, and as you know, a very impressive human being.

It's not a race for speed, it's a race for success. When you're going to be the C.E.O. of a 32-team operation, it's not speed, it's quality.

It's not a race for speed, it's a race for success.

The better quarterbacks are real consistent. Rookie quarterbacks are not.

On behalf of the entire Eagles family, our condolences go out to his wife, Sara, to his children, and to all those who have been touched by Reggie throughout his life. His legacy on and off the football field will never be forgotten.

If I were to describe myself as any particular type of owner, it would be a fans' owner because you really get great satisfaction when you can go out on the streets and scream you're No. 1 and you're world champions.

I'm an owner that tends to absolutely be supportive of a coach and his vision if it's a real sharp and smart vision. I really believe in that.

If you can have a really good coaching staff, and you can have a really good young quarterback and do a really good job in player personnel and string together multiple successful drafts, your window is not small in the NFL because of the quarterback.

If you had to point to anything, it's when you've had as much success as we've had and are so close to winning a Super Bowl, at some stage you have an opportunity to think the next move, even if it's not consistent with all your previous moves, will be the one that gives you the chance to win the Lombardi Trophy.

In the normal process of evaluating the end of the season, I meet with key executives for thorough discussions and evaluations of all aspects of football operations.

I don't really worry about the weather... as long as you have good access to the stadium, that's the one thing you worry about.

I can't think of a player we tried harder to get over the last several years.

The division was there for the taking and we didn't take it. This game was there for the taking in the first half and we didn't take it. That's where we're at.