I got to know Peyton Manning when he was a high school junior and I was the offensive coordinator at Mississippi State.

Bruce Arians

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Both times I had cancer? Preventative medicine. Caught 'em both early. I'll take physicals anytime I can get one.

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I was allergic to milk as a child. My older brother would always get a big glass and drink it in front of me all the time.

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I thought that's what you did, you know? You graduate high school... by Bruce Arians

I thought that's what you did, you know? You graduate high school, you went to work.

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How do you stay married 47 years? You are probably apart 20 of them. You get fired, move to another job. She would raise the kids and come six months later. Just start all over again. New romance.

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You can't draft for need. You draft for need, you get fired. Draft the best player, and if you've got two of them now you've got three of them. Just take the best players available for you.

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You never know about team speed until you get out there. You don't know who is a slow learner. A kid may not be very bright or he may be real bright but he doesn't know football. You've got to find out all those nuances and how they learn.

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My family moved to York, Pa., when I was eight. As a kid I spent virtually all of my free time at Memorial Park, which was just down the street from my house on Springdale Avenue in our blue-collar neighborhood.

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We have a great relationship, i mean, all of the players — there are a few of them here — every one of them's gotten cussed out, including him. So that's just part of me, you know? That's nothing new, but we have a great relationship. As soon as he retired, I think we texted every week. 'Where you at? What are you doing? When are you gonna come play golf? When are you getting back down this way?' And so … people gotta write s---, and it couldn't be further from the truth.

A number of people have already asked, 'Why are you stepping away from a chance to go to the Hall of Fame and win another Super Bowl?' Because I don't give a s--- about the Hall of Fame, succession is way important to me. This has been my dream for a long time. Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over.

Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over. And that's more important to me than anything, and have a place that I could go and be welcomed back, and obviously, I have a job now and the title's pretty good. We'll figure out what the hell it means, but it's pretty damn good. And I get to stay and have the relationships that I love, and I couldn't turn it over to a better person. … Todd's going to do a great job.

No, and I’ve seen enough dumb – you can’t pull guys out of a pile, we just got a big play, great field position, and he’s trying to pull a guy out of a pile, and I was trying to knock him off of that guy so he didn’t get a penalty.

Just to clear you up on some things that happened : at no point and time during that game did he ever ask the trainer or doctor about his ankle, that's the normal protocol, you go through protocols during games. I was never notified of it. So obviously, that was the disturbing thing when we were looking for him to go back into the game. He was very upset at halftime about who was getting targeted, got that calmed down, players took care of that. Read MoreBruce Arians prior to the game between the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. {.

It's in the best interest of our football team, both of those guys have served their time and we'll welcome them back.

You feel bad for him because he was having such a great year, and the type of hit it was — totally legal, but I think that’s one of the things we have to look at in the offseason.

That’s the first thing I was looking for, and I did n’t see any. Our guys know how to work, so I really do n’t have to say anything, if it’s on offense, you’re probably going to get chewed out by Brady.

Look at these receivers and see if there is something you like, and I will critique your ability to critique receivers.

He did great. There are certain things he likes. He likes really good, big, fast receivers.

It feels good just to be a Buc, [Brady] is a great one. I just thank God every day. I was crying for like 30 minutes – I was on the phone with my mom and my dad just [talking] about my journey. I think it's a wonderful story how it's playing out.

It's very, very hard when you're a superstar and you're the focal point of the offense and you come to a [different] team and you're basically a role player for a while, it's a very hard role to accept. I just told him, 'This team is special and you're a huge part of it. Embrace your role – you never know when your role is going to change.' Then, Ro got hurt. He got COVID and then he got hurt. I'm really, really proud of Leonard and the way he's handled it.

We don’t play that game this week. That’s the message to everybody. We play the Packers in the NFC Championship Game, you start thinking about the Super Bowl, you’ll get your a-- beat and you’ll be packing your bags on Monday.