It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It's about winning. Winning's fun. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that's a plus. That's a plus decision. That's the way I've… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share
You build a program; culture is what makes it go. You have to invest in that culture every single day, and that's my big-picture… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share
The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success. — Mike McCarthy Copy Share
