Motivation Quote by Brian Griese

Griese’s line isn’t motivational wallpaper; it’s a veteran’s operating manual for chaos. The phrase “in those situations” does a lot of work, signaling the kind of NFL moments where the game tilts on variables you can’t negotiate: a blown coverage, a bad call, crowd noise, a teammate rattled, momentum turning into mythology. He’s drawing a hard boundary around control, then shrinking it on purpose. Not “control the outcome,” not “control the narrative,” just two things: your own execution and your relationships.

That second clause is the tell. “How you interact with your teammates” reframes leadership as behavior, not status. Griese isn’t talking about speeches; he’s talking about tone in the huddle, eye contact after a mistake, whether you spread panic or steadiness. The subtext is that teams don’t fall apart because the opponent is good; they fall apart because stress makes people selfish, brittle, and blame-hungry. “Which is critical” lands like a coach’s underlined note: chemistry isn’t a soft add-on, it’s part of performance.

Contextually, this is the late-career athlete’s realism, the guy who’s been in enough locker rooms to know that “next play” is less a slogan than a social contract. Control becomes a moral choice: you can’t dictate the storm, but you can decide whether you’re the lightning rod or the shelter.