Mike Vrabel

Teams that play hard are guaranteed to stay in the game

There was a veteran coach at Ohio State... he said, 'man, your guys would play hard.' I didn't realize how good that felt when he said 'your guys play hard.' So I always try to carry that through. If you play hard, you're gonna be in the game.

I would not lose to Luke Fickell in a street fight

I do not believe if it was a street fight that I would lose to [Luke Fickell]. [Even though he's an elite wrestler], that is not a sanctioned wrestling event. I'm intimidating. I'm bigger than him. I would not lose.

Bill Belichick's football knowledge is great for media and TV

I think there's just so much knowledge there and the way that he can articulate it and he explains it. And those are, when I watched him briefly in those media opportunities, that's what we felt like. That's kind of what we got in a team meeting was this overall history of football.

NFL touchbacks will increase as the season goes on under the new kickoff rule

I think you'll probably see, I think as the season goes on, probably more touchbacks. I think that we'll see... what the 30 yard line does on the touchback. If it keeps the kickoff alive and it keeps guys in the game, I think there will be more returns, but eventually you'll see more touchbacks.

The secret to surviving a bear attack while hiking is simply being faster than your wife

my wife Jen and I going hike and she's like, 'well I saw on Instagram they get bears out there now.' And I'm like, 'babe, I don't have to be faster than the bear. I just have to be faster than you.' It's not that hard to understand.

Eli Manning is a Hall of Famer because he played very well in big games.

He's a guy who played really well in big games. I mean if you guys got to vote would you vote Yes? It was not the whole very good and he was very good... he played very well in big games.

Urban Meyer will never coach football again.

Do you think he's going to coach again? [Vrabel:] I don't think so. I think he's enjoying his family. I think he enjoys the TV... but you he's gonna coach? I don't know.

Central Time is the best time zone for watching sports.

Central time is the best time to watch sports. No question. [Big Cat:] No question.

Confirming the Titans intentionally put 12 men on the field to stop the clock against the Jets

[PFT Commenter]: Was that on purpose so that you could stop the clock? [Mike Vrabel]: You'll never know. ... [PFT Commenter]: Based on how quickly you answered, I'd say absolutely. That was on purpose. [Mike Vrabel]: I didn't look too pissed off when it happened, did I?

The Super Bowl is played at a speed so fast it's hard to even remember individual plays

It is so fast that I could probably tell you in 14 years, I could tell you every game that I played in from a rookie to a third-year player... and I can barely recall plays from the Super Bowl. It's that fast. It's wait, wait, wait. ... and then all of a sudden, you're on the field, and it's like the final drive.

Rob Gronkowski's signature spike is a rip-off of my 2006 celebration

Just so you know, that Gronk spike looks eerily familiar to the one that I used in 2006.

Tom Brady is a 'medical science miracle'

And Tom Brady's playing. He's 39. 39, right? And he's getting better. A medical science miracle.