Brian Flores

Brian Francisco Flores (born February 24, 1981) is an American professional football coach. Quotes You almost get a gut feeling – I think we've all kind of had those – that this was the place for me and my family. This was the right opportunity. It's funny. I was in church [in Pittsburgh] a couple weeks ago as this was all going on and [Pastor Brian Edmonton] said, 'In life there are instances where you can either have control or you can have growth. And you can't have both.' That hit me pretty good. I just felt like this was a great opportunity for growth. 5 Takeaways from Brian Flores' Introductory Press Conference,February 15 2023 You're in my seat. I try to be clear and direct. I think everyone likes direct. They might not like it in a specific moment, but ... I'm always gonna push 'em to do more. That's just me. I try to be truthful and honest and transparent, and if they don't like it, then so be it. And that's OK. I think they respect that and they know where I stand. I'm not a big fan, I think the word (tanking) is disrespectful to the game that I love. I think to use that term, for a group of guys to hear that, it's absurd -- when they're out here spending hours in the building, preparing in the offseason, running in the heat, practicing in the heat, meetings, walkthroughs, weights. To put that type of effort in, and the idea that we're not gonna go try to win every game, it's disrespectful to the game that's brought a lot [of happiness] for me and a lot of other people. Especially since this is the (NFL's) 100-year anniversary. You want to get me fired up, keep going in that direction. Miles wanted to get in front of a camera, so I picked him up and one of the reporters said, 'Hey Miles, do you know what happened?' He was trying to bait him into saying, 'We just won the Super Bowl.' [Instead], my son goes, 'We're going to Miami! I would say from a quarterback standpoint, it's pretty clear to me that Ryan Fitzpatrick is leading the way, I think he's done that in a lot of areas from leadership to production on the field, in the meeting rooms, in the walkthroughs. I think there's a discipline, a toughness, a respect for the game that I learned in New England that I think is just basic, the way football's supposed to be taught and practiced and preached. Those things that are basically foundational -- hard work, high standards, playing for your teammates, putting the team first -- those things are ingrained in my fabric. How those are expressed, that'll come from me ... who I am as a person. And that's different. Everybody's a little bit different. I think it's from your upbringing, it's from your experiences. Occasionally I like to have fun and laugh. More times than not I like to be direct. But ... it's a game. And you want to have fun playing a game. As much fun as you can have playing football, coaching football, that's what we want to see out on the field. You wanna talk about last year? We don't talk about last year! I think every season, you're gonna deal with ups, downs, adversity, lumps -- call it whatever you want. There's only been one perfect season in football. It's an imperfect game. So there's gonna be adversity within a game, within a practice, within a meeting, within a walkthrough. Every team's gonna take some lumps. Every team's gonna get punched in the face, and you've gotta get back up and go again. That's just part of the game. You need to build that mental toughness in your team as much as you can. It's something we talk about. Yeah, there's gonna be some adversity. That's part of the process. Brian Flores brings direct, unflinching vision to Miami Dolphins, August 01 2019 External links Category:1981 births Category:American football coaches Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from the United States Category:Hispanic Americans