Top 1200 Special Teams Quotes & Sayings

Years ago, when I was (at Stanford), you had maybe one or two teams -- at one time I was part of one of those teams -- you didn't have to worry about, ... Now it's not that way in the conference. A lot of the teams that were once at the bottom kind of have their games together and are making their way to the top.

The cap is a discussion about competitiveness, not about money. It's about trying to bring the top teams down to a level where the midfield teams feel they can compete. The reality is that whatever the level of spend there will always be teams that run at the front and teams that run at the back.

I want to attack matchups on special teams.

Anytime you give up two special-teams touchdowns, I can't imagine the numbers are too good in regards to winning that game.

You can’t depend on special teams touchdowns and blocked punts every week to win.

That's where I began was special teams and it's probably where I'm going to end up is special teams. I try to embrace that and try to do the best I can at it.

That's one of the things about the NFL is that you have small-market teams, big-market teams. I feel like the bigger market teams do kind of have an advantage in terms of off-the-field money.

I think on special teams... I want to be sound.

At Bayern, if you don't win the Champions League, it's always a criticism because we have a great team, but most of the people forget that there are other great teams, and it's not that we aren't special.

You have different schemes for different teams. Some teams blitz a lot, and some teams drop eight in coverage.

No matter what anybody says, they cannot keep up with all 32 teams in the NFL, and certainly not 32 NFL teams and 100 college teams.

Special teams is one-third of the game.

In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly matched, it can come down to number of possessions. If one out-of-bounds call goes the wrong way, that can be the difference.

In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends.

I made good friends at all the teams I played for, but with the national team, we created a family. It was during years when we won many trophies, and we have a special relationship because of that. Together - Pepe, Torres, me, and others - we have something.

I played a ton of special teams at LSU. I'm familiar with it, I'm comfortable doing it.

I'm special, in a way that is good. I don't have to explain 'special.' There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself.

I think players look around and they look at the teams that they'd like to join and it's usually teams that already have good players on those teams.

I did my first Broadway show when I was nineteen years old - and to be able to say that I am still working with the incredible talents of all of the creative teams that I have been able to work with - that's so special to me.

When I became commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force, I was leading thousands of individuals, from Special Forces to the broader interagency effort. I quickly realized that while we had the most best and most effective operators and small teams in the world, we were unable to scale.

You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.

I don't think we should compare club teams with international teams because they are different cups of tea.

I think teams win. I don't think offense wins. I don't think defense wins. I don't think special teams - teams win.

Mourinho's teams work especially hard, all the players. He has a special, winning mentality, so it is always difficult to face teams that Mourinho manages.

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

I think the thing that makes Indiana basketball special is that they have incredible teams, both college teams and pro teams, and they're all about grit.

Progress in Iraq has always been about teams of people and teams of teams - and ultimately about young men and women, Iraqi as well as people from the coalition.

I want to play a big role on special teams, too.

I've been around some great teams, I've been a part of some great teams and done some special things.

Every year you go out and there are teams you have success against and there are teams that are a little tougher.

When you look at the best teams, the teams that make a run at it, they're the healthiest teams.

The one thing that teams can't endure in the NFC any more is injuries. Good teams become bad teams just because they get spread thin with injuries.

I don't care if I get no carries and just play special teams. I'm there to try to win football games and help that team win.

I have confidence in my players around me - my offensive line, my running backs, my wide receivers, and the defense and special teams.

We need a Moneyball revolution in the NFL. We need Spread teams and Run and Shoot teams and Option teams.

Special teams get the shaft when most people talk football. Unless a kicker's bombing a game-winner or a return man is going the distance, that important third of the game is all but forgotten.

It's hard to score in this league when you don't get on the power play and don't play special teams.

I love playing special teams. It's fun, it's like 'Braveheart' sometimes but it's a lot of fun.

There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.

I can do it all, and I want to do it all. Put me on special teams. Ask me to block. Hand off. Catching passes.

I've seen teams and I've been on teams where, when adversity hits you, you kind of crumble.

I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.

The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.

There's three parts to football: offense, defense, and special teams. You'd no more ignore special teams than you would offense or defense.

I've been on some really good teams, but we weren't able to get over the hump. It's offense, defense and special teams, and then the ball has to go your way.

All the projects that coaches go through in the offseason are based on the success other teams had in every area whether it's offense, defense or special teams. What they do is see if they can incorporate anything they see with the people they have.

A lot of teams see Lord's as a special place and up their games to try to get their names on the honours' board.

Ultimately, the best driver will always do something special, whatever the rules and whatever the regulations. Same thing with the teams.

When I think of tag teams that have made me want to the very best, of course, I think of my family, but I also think about teams like Edge and Christian, The Hardy Boyz, and The Dudley Boyz, who all helped define tag teams during the Attitude Era.

I don't agree that there are big teams and small teams in the Premier League. There are just a lot of good teams.

We can't score goals, we can't stop goals, we aren't hitting, we can't play on special teams... we all stink. We can try to improve but to do so we will need to make trades. And who would want our players that are underachieving?

It's just really exciting to have the ball in my hands. Not just on defense but to make plays on special teams also.

One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big.

When you speak about teams who are experienced in the fight against relegation, the teams are used to handling this kind of situation. The teams who are not so experienced in this sort of thing have more difficulties to handle the pressure and the disappointments.

Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

I've been able to speak with most of the special teams coaches and special teams scouts.

I'm a good special teams coach, and I can recruit.

The thing about special teams - and I think football in general - is sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.

I think derbies are really special because it's two local teams playing.

I kind of like to think I can do everything decently well. It's just putting me in position to be a playmaker, blocking, special teams, no matter what it may be. Whenever I go out there, I'm going to do my best.