Eric Mangini Quotations

We're going to play whatever gives us the best chance to win. So if it's 3-4, 4-3, 2-6, whatever it is, if it's going to help us beat our opponent that's what we're going to play.

Ultimately, we agreed that the best course of action would be for the Jets to go in a different direction. We wish him and his family well.

The only time I was an old guy was when I was a ball boy.

I was going to be an investment banker and got involved with a semipro team there just on a whim. It changed my life. I found out I loved football.

I have always had the highest regard for him both as an individual and as one of the fiercest and most determined athletes in the game.

He is a player that I am very familiar with, having seen quite a bit of him over the course of the last four seasons.

He had a great interview. They hit it off great. (Brian) had a few reservations because he has 2-year-old twins and had just bought a new house. But he knows that moving is part of this business.

What I'm looking for is players that are smart, that give us flexibility to take advantage of our opponent.

He's as good as anybody who focuses solely on one area. I'd put him head to head with any general manager, with any offensive coordinator or offensive-minded head coach, defensive-minded head coach or defensive coordinator.

He's as good as anybody who focuses solely on one area, ... I'd put him head to head with any general manager, with any offensive coordinator or offensive-minded head coach, defensive-minded head coach or defensive coordinator.

I think the main qualities that made this job attractive to me were the commitment by the front office to winning, and to building an organization for the long term. I look forward to building an organization that people can be proud of, that's built with character, that's built with toughness, built with discipline.

I thank you guys for having the vision to make me your head coach.

Patrick is a fifth-year veteran who has valuable experience in this league. He is a smart, team-oriented player who will mesh well with his teammates and add depth at the quarterback position.

I worked for some of the greatest coaching minds in the NFL.

I think Chad is a great competitor. I think he's a hard worker. I think he's smart, and I respect all the things Chad has done. I haven't talked to any of the doctors. I haven't sat down with Chad. So until I do that, I won't really feel comfortable commenting any further.

Mike and I have been close friends for 11 years. I have tremendous respect for his knowledge, his leadership abilities, and his character and together we will eagerly embrace the challenge of building a championship team.

Each year we've lost guys. We just have to adjust to the transition and that's what we're doing.

This is a team effort 100 percent. I am going to work with Terry as much as I can. He's going to work with me as much as he can so that we can get the right players for the system and build moving forward.

I've got tremendous mentors. I've worked with some of the greatest coaching minds in the NFL.

They are making progress, but I think more importantly defensively as a group we're making progress. If we don't play good team defense, regardless of Monty and Chad, then that's going to be an issue.

I'm excited about the job and I'm excited about the opportunity.

If you want to be the best you have to beat the best and if we can win this division, I think there's going to be some really good competition.

I picked up jock straps, I did laundry . . . I did it all.

Chad's status with the Jets is unchanged. He's a great competitor, a great person.

How it could have been different, how different decisions and events could have taken place. I'm not sure how it would have played out differently. I just didn't want it to play out the way it did.

There was that sense of we had turned the corner. All of that time, all of that work, all of that effort – we were poised to make that next jump.

Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

With confidence you believe you can overcome your weaknesses. With arrogance you don't even see your weaknesses.