Matt Millen Quotations

We started off the season with high expectations,

We have to focus back with our football team,

McMahon could come out here tonight in the first half and you'll go, 'Holy smokes. Harrington will never see the field.' Or you may go, 'Uh, we'll see.'

Maybe it took me a while to really understand that. But I do understand it now, and if anything, you're more resolute and more determined and more, to be honest with you, downright ticked off to get this thing done.

I'd love to move. There's a couple guys I wouldn't mind going up to get, but at what price?

If someone really wants him, we'll get it done. And there are teams that want him. There's a lot of stuff involved - the draft is involved, the compensation, all of that stuff.

He's better than I thought he was, ... And he managed the pocket a little bit better than I thought. I knew he was a fast learner, but he picks up things really well. We've just got to be patient, and we're going to have two excellent quarterbacks.

I wouldn't put him on a boat. That I wouldn't do.

I was angry after that game, ... It was disturbing to watch and I didn't want to make a decision based on anger. We wanted to take our time, go through it logically, and think everything through.

I was angry after that game - it was disturbing to watch - and I did not want to make a decision based on anger. We wanted to take our time, go through it logically, think everything through.

Pay close attention. These same things he's about to tell you, it applies to everybody. It applies to the guys sitting at home. It applies to you people sitting in your seats. It applies to the guy on the line working at Ford. ... It takes no talent to hustle. That's No. 1. That's just giving extra effort, and it takes off from there.

That was a great pick for us. We had him rated very highly on the board -- higher than No. 9, that's for sure. We have high expectations for him.

You always think of the ones that get away.

We have three quarterbacks on our roster that we like, but yes, we would consider it.

What you watched today, the last day of the season, you're going to see the exact same thing. It's the same thing we talked about six years ago when I got here. It's about the attitude. It was the first thing we talked about. Well, we're finally getting to it.

We have five games to prove that we are what we think we are.

Why now? Why not at the end of the season? To me, it's simple. We have five games left. We have five games to develop our younger players. We have five games to prove we are what we think we are.

You can tell people the truth and everyone thinks you're lying, and you can lie and everyone thinks you're telling the truth.

We've got a long way to go. But I thought they took a good first step. It was a nice introduction for everybody, for the players to the staff, and for the staff to the players.

You hope there are going to be three drafted. If there aren't, you adapt.

The talent is there. We have not played up to that talent. We need to play at a higher level, and each player and each coach and each person in the front office has to do a better job.

Sorry, Marty, but the world changed since we last addressed your job security. Our top candidate all along just came free, and we feel compelled to act.

It's the same thing I talked about six years ago when I got here: the attitude. Well, we're finally getting to it.

I need to be more cognizant of the type of guy we're getting. If anything, the coach has made that abundantly clear to me. ... I need to pay attention to that and get the right type of person because there are times when I haven't done that.

Honest to goodness, he looks to me like an old-time head coach. If he would have just had the whistle hanging out the other day. ... There's a picture in my mind on the sidelines of Paul Brown, and it was him.

I can't root for Jimmie Johnson to win the Nextel Cup b/c of all of his Super Bowl wins.

Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year.

To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too.

They're my mistakes. ... I didn't pick the right guys.

Leaders are never appreciated or needed until you don't have them,

We want the right people, the ones who love to play football. I want a guy who, if I punch him in the mouth, doesn't stand there and say, ?Why did you punch me?' I want the guy who punches me back first, and then asks me why I did it.

I'd run over Russ Grimm's mother to win the Super Bowl, too.

What I should have done, if I was going to be a GM, was gone on the road, gotten into the personnel a lot better. To do that job, you've gotta do it all year. I just did it at draft time.

I think every coach has to adapt to what they have, because they're what you get. You can't just go out to the player tree and pick all the great ones. That doesn't happen. You get a Barry Sanders every now and then. You get a Billy Sims every once in a while. And when you have it, you adapt to their strengths. Whoever comes in here and whoever has this job needs to adapt and will do that.

This is a good coaching staff - with the emphasis on coaching. That's what I'm seeing.