People ask me often, 'Why did you leave Green Bay? You had the best quarterback, you were going good and all that.'… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I never had anything planned, like, 'When I'm 40 I'll be coaching here.' A number of people in our profession have done… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I left Green Bay for Seattle in 1999. I wonder what would have happened had I stayed in Green Bay, where I've… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I was teaching history and coaching both tennis and track along with football. I felt like I had the best of both… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
We still have our home in Seattle. The kids are there. The grandkids are there. — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
The teams that are successful from ownership to management to coaching - there is a singleness of purpose. There's enough credit for everyone. No… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I always could go into restaurants in Chicago, and nobody would throw anything at me. There are people there who might not like me,… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I think one of my strengths is kind of knowing people and getting a good read and a feel for what that person's strengths… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I was raised, right or wrong, you make a decision and you don't quit. You fight your way through it; that's what you did. — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
The mentor thing is overblown to me. I'm going to coach the player. I'm not going to have another player coach the player. They… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
Coaches who want to coach in the NFL usually don't go to the high school level for 10 years. They know where they want… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I still love Colt McCoy, but I will always try and do what I think we have to do to make the team better… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
You've got to find the quarterback. Once you find the quarterback, you can fix the other things. — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
My reputation when I was first here was that I had every single answer in the book. I don't know, maybe I portrayed that… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I'm a football coach. It seems the league is cyclical and hiring young guys... but experience in the NFL still means a heck of… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
