Herm Edwards

I grew up in the early '60s, and there was a lot of civil rights, a lot of unrest in our country.

— Herm Edwards

I competed every day as a professional football player... You've got to like competing. That's how your team gets better, when you…

— Herm Edwards

When it gets going bad and it gets going to where all these things are happening around you, the thing that stands…

— Herm Edwards

You gotta use a player's strength.

— Herm Edwards

What makes us different? Well, besides our skin color and our nationality and maybe our religion, nothing. We all want the same…

— Herm Edwards

The greatest thing I could say about my son, and this is what you always worry about with your kids, that they…

— Herm Edwards

At heart, I'm still a coach. I'm always a coach.

— Herm Edwards

Coaches are well aware, especially at quarterback, that it's not the system but the player who comes first.

— Herm Edwards

I don't need validation from people at all.

— Herm Edwards

You don't forget how to coach.

— Herm Edwards

Remember, a receiver can motion wherever, run wherever he wants to on the field, you can't get your hands on the guy…

— Herm Edwards

I think I bring a good perspective because I did a lot of things in the NFL - player, head coach, assistant…

— Herm Edwards

I was a guy that worked out early in the morning.

— Herm Edwards

No one player is bigger than the team.

— Herm Edwards

And when you're a coach your main concern is the players and the coaches. The last concern you have is really about…

— Herm Edwards

I was a bit of a rebel when I was young.

— Herm Edwards

People are going to take shots at you for everything you did bad, and they forget about all the good things you…

— Herm Edwards

When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out.

— Herm Edwards

Was I hurt sometimes? Yeah. But not to the point where I couldn't play. I think we all go through it. Some…

— Herm Edwards

I like to have fun.

— Herm Edwards

In life, there's second chances. But that doesn't mean everyone gets a second chance with your team. That's where your moral compass…

— Herm Edwards

College has become a wide-open game - a lot of short passes, quick passes. Then you go to the pros and it's…

— Herm Edwards

The one thing I've tried to do is be insightful.

— Herm Edwards

'Jim Thorpe - All American' influenced me as a young kid.

— Herm Edwards

I've always said that your attitude is your best friend and your worst enemy.

— Herm Edwards