I think one of my strengths is kind of knowing people and getting a good read and a feel for what that person’s strengths might be. Mike Holmgren Read Quote
I get the job with the 49ers, and I’m four years removed from my high school coaching days, and I’m going to be coaching Joe Montana, and I’m going, ‘How do I approach this? How am I going to do this?’ Mike Holmgren Read Quote
Everyone has to understand what the role is – what the role of the player is, the role of the coach is. You’re hired to do something. You’re paid to do something. Mike Holmgren Read Quote
I had a rule – I didn’t have a lot of rules – and one of them was we’re going to operate from a mutual respect. I won’t embarrass you, and I don’t expect you to be embarrass me. Mike Holmgren Read Quote
I was teaching history and coaching both tennis and track along with football. I felt like I had the best of both worlds. I was pretty comfortable. I thought I would be doing what I was doing for the rest of my life. Mike Holmgren Read Quote
You’ve got to find the quarterback. Once you find the quarterback, you can fix the other things. Mike Holmgren Read Quote
I never had anything planned, like, ‘When I’m 40 I’ll be coaching here.’ A number of people in our profession have done that, but my thing was always, wherever I was coaching, to work hard, do the best you can, and if it happens, it happens. Mike Holmgren Read Quote
I left Green Bay for Seattle in 1999. I wonder what would have happened had I stayed in Green Bay, where I’ve got one of the best quarterbacks of all time in his prime. Mike Holmgren Read Quote
