Top 46 Quotes & Sayings by Sean McDermott

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Sean McDermott.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Sean Michael McDermott is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL coaching career as an assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2001, serving as defensive coordinator from 2009 to 2010, and was later the defensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers from 2011 to 2016. Following his six seasons with the Panthers, which included a Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl 50, he was hired in 2017 as the Bills' head coach.

American - Coach | Born: March 21, 1974

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I used to go with my dad to wash windows at a grocery store on Sunday nights when it was closed because they didn't want anyone to be washing the windows when it was open.

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Regardless of what you do, or who you have, at the end of the day you have to be able to execute better than the defense does in order to score points.

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I'm probably not one of the more vocal people around, but I do watch, I do listen and I try to learn from the people I watch.

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There are no moral victories.

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Each team is different but you give yourself a better chance if you keep the team intact.

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You're doing yourself a disservice if you're not building your roster and your team to give yourself a legitimate chance to score 21 points.

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It's a life lesson that translates beyond football. You can share these things with your kids: Work hard, do things the right way and you have a chance.

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Life in the NFL is an adjustment.

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This game in a lot of ways, isn't that complex. You bring energy to the table and you've got a chance. You bring fundamentals to the table and you've got a chance. It's not always about scheme and all that magic-behind-the-curtain stuff.

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I've got nothing but very fond memories of my time in Carolina, both at the Panthers and in the community with the friends we made, our experiences and vacations we took.

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I've always had coaching in my blood. My dad was a college coach at West Chester and Ursinus so I had a feeling all along that I would coach.

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We're not in the business of making doorknobs. We're in the business of people. There are things you have to do these days as a coach and as a teacher to deal with the modern athlete.

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The only way you can get a hit is if you take a swing.

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It feels good to win a game, because it's tough to win in this league, and then when you talk about the playoffs and being in it for two of three years, what a blessing.

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What I look for are guys that work hard, have a great work ethic and embrace that underdog mentality a little bit. And certainly there is no substitute for toughness.

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I was the security guard that got stationed directly outside the Eagles locker room or on the field. I don't even know what I did. But there was Jon Gruden, Ray Rhodes, Emmitt Thomas, Danny Smith, all those guys that are legends of the game.

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The greatest compliment a coach can get from another coach around the league is, 'Hey, your guys play hard. They're tough.'

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I think it's no accident that a number of coaches and personnel guys have come out of William and Mary. To me, it's a credit to the type of program Coach Laycock runs. There are set rules, there is clarity when it comes to expectations. You're expected to go to class and be a student-athlete. There are no cutting corners.

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Coach Wilks really embraces that growth mindset and trying to learn and grow every day so he's a good fundamental teacher. He understands the passing game which is important when you coach as a defensive coordinator and also as a secondary coach like he has, so he's one of the top-notch coaches in our business.

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I don't believe that playing video games in the locker room is part of earning the right to win.

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What happens in college is every year, or every two years, sometimes every three, you get a new flock of graduate assistants that come in even though the head coach remains the same.

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I obtained my first job with the Eagles through a series of internships that began during my junior year of college. From there, after obtaining the job, it was a combination of hard work and perseverance and showing them the type of person that I was that helped me climb the coaching ladder.

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I know my background was defense, but I'm not a defensive coach who wants to win 9-7 every week.

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That's a sign of a good football team, where we can adjust and adapt to our surroundings.

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For me coaching is about seeing a vision and trying to sell that vision to the players through a day to day teaching of the job.

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I knew I wanted to coach at an early age.

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The Buffalo Bills will never stop fighting.

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I'm into hiring smart guys; I'm into hiring guys who can think at a higher level, that can offer ideas.

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Being around a couple good tight ends in my history, both in Philadelphia and Carolina, namely in Chad Lewis and then in Greg Olsen, you see how that helps a young quarterback whether he becomes a security blanket, he can turn a five-yard completion into a 15-yard gain.

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Super Bowl parties are not my thing.

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You've got to win close games in the NFL.

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It's always hard going against friends.

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It is unusual for a coach to call you, just from a fundamental standpoint and say 'hey we're watching what you do.'

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Josh Allen has a strong arm, we all know that... I've been around the league to know it's one of the stronger arms, but there a lot of guys with strong arms.

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I was a tough player, but I wasn't the most talented player.

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The team comes first. Not one person is more important than the other.

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Every vacation was taking my brother and I to camp, whether it was football camp, wrestling camp, or whatever it was.

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Really what we've done is establish a tradition in Carolina of playing defense.

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My dad emphasized athletics. My mom did as well, but my mom was really hard on the academic end of things and always stressed, 'Hey, you've got to have the grades, you've got to be prepared for life outside of sports.'

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You've got to make tough decisions, sometimes unpopular decisions... Whatever it is, if it's the right move at the right time, you've got to be also willing to make mistakes.

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Coming to Buffalo three years, two and a half years ago, whatever it's been a lot of people said, 'Why are you going there? You're not going to be able to get it turned around.' But we got it turned around, with a lot of work yet to do.

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