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> [It's special for me to coach the team Lombardi coached.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/it-s-special-for-me-to-coach-the-team-lombardi-coached/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

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## More by Mike Holmgren

> [We still have our home in Seattle. The kids are there. The grandkids are there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/we-still-have-our-home-in-seattle-the-kids-are-there-the-grandkids/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [The teams that are successful from ownership to management to coaching - there is a singleness of purpose. There's enough credit for everyone. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/the-teams-that-are-successful-from-ownership-to-management-to/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [I always could go into restaurants in Chicago, and nobody would throw anything at me. There are people there who might not like me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/i-always-could-go-into-restaurants-in-chicago-and-nobody-would-throw/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/i-think-one-of-my-strengths-is-kind-of-knowing-people-and-getting-a/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/i-was-raised-right-or-wrong-you-make-a-decision-and-you-don-t-quit/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/the-mentor-thing-is-overblown-to-me-i-m-going-to-coach-the-player-i-m/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/coaches-who-want-to-coach-in-the-nfl-usually-don-t-go-to-the-high/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [I still love Colt McCoy, but I will always try and do what I think we have to do to make the team better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/i-still-love-colt-mccoy-but-i-will-always-try-and-do-what-i-think-we/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [The great ones don't come cheap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/the-great-ones-don-t-come-cheap/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [You've got to find the quarterback. Once you find the quarterback, you can fix the other things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/you-ve-got-to-find-the-quarterback-once-you-find-the-quarterback-you/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/my-reputation-when-i-was-first-here-was-that-i-had-every-single/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/i-m-a-football-coach-it-seems-the-league-is-cyclical-and-hiring-young/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [People ask me often, 'Why did you leave Green Bay? You had the best quarterback, you were going good and all that.' But I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/people-ask-me-often-why-did-you-leave-green-bay-you-had-the-best/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [If I hire a coach, he's the coach and will run what he knows and is comfortable with. Will it be part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/if-i-hire-a-coach-he-s-the-coach-and-will-run-what-he-knows-and-is/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

> [As an organization, I think you owe it to the vast majority of people who go to the game and want to watch the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/as-an-organization-i-think-you-owe-it-to-the-vast-majority-of-people/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

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