Football Quotes by Pete Carroll

There's nobody playing better than J.R. Sweezy

— Pete Carroll

I just realized how bad it is when you're not in charge and you're a head coach.

— Pete Carroll

If you want to win forever, you've got to ALWAYS COMPETE.

— Pete Carroll

At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.

— Pete Carroll

Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all…

— Pete Carroll

It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always…

— Pete Carroll

The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want…

— Pete Carroll

Winning Forever is not about the final score; it's about competing and striving to be the best. If you are in this…

— Pete Carroll

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have…

— Pete Carroll

I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and…

— Pete Carroll

And sure, there's a universe where I made a bonehead call that blew the Super Bowl. But that's not my universe.

— Pete Carroll

So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but…

— Pete Carroll

It's not that you're not smart anymore; it's that you're unwilling to do it. Coaches who coach know what I'm talking about.…

— Pete Carroll

Our philosophy doesn't change. We're always competing. But the ways to approach it and the ways to make that up and make…

— Pete Carroll

I really admire the job that not just coach Belichick has done but that Robert Kraft and his family have done, and…

— Pete Carroll

We've lost a lot of coaches around here, but the philosophy and the approach, the standards we have set and the expectations…

— Pete Carroll

In 1999, I got fired as coach of New England. In three years in New England, we actually did better than most…

— Pete Carroll

We're not going to do anything different for this game since we're not treating this game any different than another game. Every…

— Pete Carroll

Of course we want to win every game, but winning forever is more about realizing your potential and making yourself as good…

— Pete Carroll

I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to…

— Pete Carroll

I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching…

— Pete Carroll

I love Larry Bird, but I don't agree with him. I love him and respect everything about him. I learned a long…

— Pete Carroll