Quotes by Mike Singletary

About Mike Singletary:

Michael "Mike" Singletary is an American football coach and former professional football player.
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I just feel that after the season that we have to sit down - as well as myself, everybody - and try and look at what gives us the best opportunity to move going forward.

Mike Singletary

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

Mike Singletary

I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.

Mike Singletary

I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.

Mike Singletary

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

Mike Singletary

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

Mike Singletary

You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.

Mike Singletary

The thing that I want to do, the most important thing to me is winning. How we do it, I really don't care.

Mike Singletary

The bottom line is winning. I want to do what we need to do to win football games.

Mike Singletary

You want to learn everything that you possibly can, chew it, digest it, and take it for what it is, and then move on.

Mike Singletary

Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.

Mike Singletary

All I know is, I was trying to win the football game. And the bottom line is, you have to do what you think is right. You have to go with your gut. And if you don't do that, then I think you regret a lot of things later on.

Mike Singletary

Our quarterback is going to be Alex Smith.

Mike Singletary

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

Mike Singletary

I want winners. I want people who want to win.

Mike Singletary

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

Mike Singletary

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

Mike Singletary

When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and they're not going to be, at the end, t...

Mike Singletary

If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up.

Mike Singletary

I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out.

Mike Singletary

Author Bio

  • NameMike Singletary
  • DescriptionAll-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker, coach, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
  • BornOctober 9, 1958
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson; Gridiron Football Player