I wanted to give back to football what it’s given me. So, I decided, ‘I’m going to be a coach.’ — Herm Edwards

I believe you bet on yourself and you commit to something and you give all your energy and effort to it, and that’s what I’ve done my whole life. — Herm Edwards

As a coach, you’re like a teacher. You don’t give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information. — Herm Edwards

I’m big on integrity. — Herm Edwards

It’s good to have somebody else say what you’re thinking. — Herm Edwards

You play to win the game. — Herm Edwards

You play to win the game…Hello. You play to win the game. — Herman Edwards

This is the greatest thing about sports–you play to win the game. Hello? You don’t play to just play it. When you start telling me it doesn’t matter, then retire, get out, because it matters. — Herman Edwards

There’s good times and bad times. That’s part of the coaching. You live with the ups and downs of it but at the end, it’s about not only winning games, it’s about developing men. — Herm Edwards

It doesn’t matter where you grow up, what color you are, what religion you are. It’s just a bunch of guys that come together for a common cause. Let’s go win this game. It’s called team. — Herm Edwards

No one player is bigger than the team. — Herm Edwards

The players think it’s all about them! It’s not about them–it’s about the game of football, man! — Herm Edwards

Coaches are well aware, especially at quarterback, that it’s not the system but the player who comes first. — Herm Edwards

I competed every day as a professional football player… You’ve got to like competing. That’s how your team gets better, when you have competition every day. — Herm Edwards

I think I bring a good perspective because I did a lot of things in the NFL–player, head coach, assistant and scout. — Herm Edwards

The best thing you do as a coach is develop an environment where these guys can have some success. Vince Lombardi was that way. He cared about these guys not only as football players but also as men. — Herm Edwards

I am looking forward to sharing the knowledge I have accumulated as a player, coach and member of the working media with the students at the Cronkite School. — Herm Edwards

You don’t want an emotional team; you want a passionate team. — Herm Edwards

When you’re on TV, you’re still coaching, believe it or not. You’re just coaching America, you’re not coaching one team. — Herm Edwards

The support of Chiefs fans across the country has been tremendous. They are truly passionate about their football team. — Herm Edwards

Quitting is not an option. I will not let anyone on this team quit. — Herman Edwards

The job of the offense is not to score points. The job of the defense is not to stop the other team from scoring points. — Herm Edwards

Talk is free. You never know what’s going to happen after you talk. There’s always a perception about a guy until you actually sit down and talk with him. — Herman Edwards

You’re in pro football, it’s kind of interesting, because when you win, you draft last. In college football, you recruit. You gotta go after guys. — Herm Edwards

You get fired. You get cut. That’s just part of it, man. You don’t worry about it, but what you do is you make sure that you left it better for the next guy. — Herm Edwards

Was I hurt sometimes? Yeah. But not to the point where I couldn’t play. I think we all go through it. Some guys escape it. Some guys don’t. There’s no secret formula. — Herm Edwards

A goal without a plan is a wish. What’s your plan? It’s on you, because you have to do all the work. — Herman Edwards

You gotta have a little kid in you to play football. — Herman Edwards

It has to be the right fit. Coaching is about fits. — Herm Edwards

One of my daughters was born in Kansas City. I spent almost 10 years there. — Herm Edwards

I don’t go crazy but I have those spurts. — Herm Edwards