Dennis Green Quotations

It's pretty easy to think of the idea of a story, and maybe even to write a scene or two, but understanding the ebb and flow of a narrative, where to leave the little clues your protagonist (and reader) need, while playing fair, takes a lot more skill and patience than you might think.

I've never taken any classes or had formal training in writing novels. At its most basic, I learned how to structure a novel.

Babies are saved when Christians show up.

Being pro-life doesn't save babies, acting pro-life does.

Everybody knows I'm impatient. I don't have to apologize for it. I'm too old for that.

There is no such thing as a typical season, not for the Cardinals, not for San Diego, not for Minnesota.

Being deceived into thinking the perks of slavery are a good thing, we can easily aquire a preference for chains and a taste for the slaves rations.

They are who we thought they were!

The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Seattle blitzed us a few times, but what really hurt us was dropped passes. I've said it before -- dropped passes and penalties will send out your punter, and that's what happened.

Last year each team had $85 million in television revenue and the cap was close to $85 million. That's why we all can compete.

We need the public to be patient and understanding. We want to get this project done as soon as possible. We realize it is going to be an inconvenience, but it is much better than what would happen if the road has to be closed during the ski season.

We basically take the position this week the more we know, the better for us it is, and the less that Tennessee knows, the better it is for us.

We like him. He has good leadership skills. You go down to Florida State and he is kind of the No. 1 guy on a team with a lot of big-time players.

We've had some very good meetings with everybody involved (on) the executive side of it. I feel very good about the strategy.

As they say, a lot of accidents happen around the house so you have to be careful. I'm not sure all the details. I did talk with Calvin and that's the most I could get get from him as far as how it happened. He just kind of slipped and went to brace himself and went through the window.

Things I felt real strongly would work for us, right now they are not working for us. The job I felt I could do, I have not been able to do right now. I am not happy about it.

The bottom line is Josh wants to meet the standards of the program we're trying to establish, ... and I think he took a major step in that direction on Sunday.

Al and I have a little bit different philosophy about going about the game. I was a head coach for 18 years and never had anybody hire or fire an assistant coach except me. And when you go into the Raiders, you have to keep the staff that's there. ... Therefore I stand by what I said before, there's not a job out there right now that I feel is the right one for me.

Al and I have a little bit different philosophy about going about the game, ... I was a head coach for 18 years and never had anybody hire or fire an assistant coach except me. And when you go into the Raiders, you have to keep the staff that's there. ... Therefore I stand by what I said before, there's not a job out there right now that I feel is the right one for me.

A lot of natural strength, and he works at it. He didn't have a great training camp last year, I didn't think. His accuracy seemed to be a little bit off, but like a golf swing, he found out what his groove was.

A blockbuster deal in my opinion is one that eats up most of your cap space. It means you get one player and one and done. And we're not going to do that. If you ask me if we're going to go after one of the incredible backs that might be available in a blockbuster deal, that probably will not happen.

The nature of the game means that sometimes players stay and coaches go, sometimes coaches stay and players go, and sometimes everybody goes. That's just the way it is.

That's a good theory. We have an idea of how we want to do things, and boy, we better get there and start doing them. We know that Marcel and J.J. are two different types of player. One has been a very good college breakaway threat and the other is a good slashing, power-type runner. I think there's a role for both guys.

That's a good theory, ... We have an idea of how we want to do things, and boy, we better get there and start doing them. We know that Marcel and J.J. are two different types of player. One has been a very good college breakaway threat and the other is a good slashing, power-type runner. I think there's a role for both guys.