Matt LaFleur Quotes

It's nothing, really, for me to be able to say it's overwhelming or anything. It's just - you do the interviews, you interact with everybody, and you make sure that, at the end of the day, you focus on why you're here, and that's to play football and make sure I can contribute as a teammate.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but the running backs and as a quarterback, I have to do my job in getting the ball in the right people's hands and doing what I do best.

Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can... On third down and short yardage, the Raiders don't jump offside. That's discipline - not a coat and tie, not a clean shave.

I just do my job; I'm out there to make plays and play football.

At the end of the day, you've got a job to do, and that's playing football.

That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession.

There is only one thing I want to do here, and that is play football to the best of my ability. If I let things start distracting me, I'm not going to be able to do that, which will jeopardise the team as well.

It takes all 11 on the field doing their job correctly to make it all happen.

Accountability is huge and everybody has a job to do on every play and that's the really only thing you focus on.

I pride myself on being able to get the guys lined up on the team, and being a great teammate and also doing my job.

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.

I've been part of a team and leader of the team. But wherever I've been, I've worked as if that was the only opportunity I had. I've never looked beyond that.

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.

It is hard to get things done if you spend all of your time with the choir as opposed to the rest of the congregation.

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

Leadership and greatness comes to those who follow-through. Who stand for near-flawless execution.

I'm hired to do a job. They expect me to do a job, and that job requires me to get my butt up and get back to the huddle, get the play and go do it another time. And until I can't physically get up, I'm going to do that.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.

My toughest job every day is maintaining intensity with myself and with my staff.

You've got to trust your steps, trust your guys that are on the field with you, and when the ball is on the ground, you've got to do that every single time.