To me, it's always bumpy, and to me, that's the joy of it. That's this game. That's how hard it is in the NFL. Really, what you did last year or 2010, as we know, doesn't factor. — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
You play a team for the second time, you definitely have some familiarity. I think it's beneficial for your players that they have some… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in regularity. My father taught me that. Get up early, get your work done, and that's, what, your highest level… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
The domestic violence policy has been given to our players. My personal view is there's no place in our society for it. I think,… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
I went away to college, and when I came back and was coaching at Pitt, if they would've offered me a 25-year contract to… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
Every week, there's a different twist and turn you're not going to see coming, and how you handle that is important. — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn't mean anything. Football teams are created on the football… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
The performance of your position coaches is obviously more than just the actual statistics of how their players perform. There's insight from relationships you… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
The reality is, if you're going to have a defeat on the road, Week 1 is probably the best time to have it. — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
When you're losing, there's that survival instinct. But when you're handling success, people think it's easier, and they think losing's harder. But handling success,… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It's never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That's… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
I hate that 'I got it' stuff. That drives me nuts. It's that natural instinct that everything's OK because you're winning. — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
