Chip Kelly Quotes

Everybody has the same amount of time during the day. You can either spend your time or invest your time.

Wherever you're coaching or playing right now is the Big Time

It doesn't hurt me. I'm not governed by the fear of what other people say. Events don't elicit feelings; I think beliefs elicit feelings, and I understand what my beliefs are and I know how I am.

Last time I checked, there is no 'Hall of Average.'

If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.

Run from being good. Chase being great.

I don't think anybody has a ceiling. Everybody can constantly improve.

I think sometimes when you look long term, you kind of forget to take care of what you have to take care of on a daily basis. We're into short-term goals more than long-term goals.

When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.

You don’t get a trophy after halftime. We don’t look at the scoreboard until the end of the game.

I'm not going to mortgage the Eagles' future for Marcus Mariota.

I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon.

I think there's a lot of different things that factor into playing good defense, and you just can't say, "All right, if we just hold on to the ball long enough, we're going to play good defense."

You have to run the football and stop the run, no matter what level you play at, whether it's high school, college or professional ranks. I'm a firm believer in that.

Profiles mean nothing. You could say, 'I want this,' but then it's not out there.

I think that's another misconception, [that] our quarterbacks run all the time. Quarterbacks can help you in the run game, they complement what you do, but it's a running back-driven run game.

Tommy's [Gamble] an East Coast guy, so he kind of talks fast and in quick statements and phrases, so I understood him and he understood me, and we just hit it off.