Prudence is what makes someone a great commodities trader – the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion or ego to get in the way. It’s what is needed by every quarterback or battlefield general.
The quarterback has to get rid of the ball quickly, so there’s not a lot of time to make moves to gain separation.
I’m really impressed with Kolb there in Philadelphia. He’s a very talented quarterback.
No matter how fast or how slow you get to the quarterback, it all goes to slow motion when you get there. Everything just stops. You don’t see anything but the quarterback. You don’t hear anything but the quarterback’s breath. It’s almost like you’re a shark. Your eyes get real big and everything’s just quiet.
The quarterback position gets a lot of attention.
I’ve never really gone for the razzle-dazzle types: no quarterbacks, no flashy guys, and no Prince Charmings.
It’s easy to sit in the press box and say, ‘Hey, they should run the ball.’ Come down and stand on the sideline with me and make decisions. You should run it here, you should pass it here, let’s throw a screen here, let’s get the quarterback out of the pocket right here.
I thought at first I was going to be an NFL quarterback. I played until I was a freshman in high school.
As soon as you make mistakes, or you have an off year, even if it’s not your fault as a quarterback… I’ve always said the quarterback and the head coach always get too much blame when you lose and too much credit when you win.
Obviously, the quarterback position is an extremely important position.
You’re shooting the quarterback, and he drops back to pass the ball, and you see the ball leave his hand at 10 frames per second. At 7 frames per second, the ball’s already gone.
It’s not a ton of fun being a backup quarterback.
I’m going to be a good quarterback, a great quarterback.
I got kicked out of the league because I had a hard time sustaining at the quarterback position.
I obviously would love to play with a great, great, great quarterback.
Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don’t get hit very often.
Of course, anyone would want Marshawn Lynch. Any quarterback in the NFL.
My goal is to be the best quarterback I can be for the Colts, and hope that it’s good enough.
You could arm-chair quarterback what the president did or didn’t do, or was asked to do or asked not to do. I guess I’m more focused on what’s going forward.
Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as whether he actually does it or not.
I know I’m a franchise quarterback.
I’m not the first quarterback to have an off game. I won’t be the last.
If I could play football, I’d play football. But not women’s football – real football. Or I’d just date a quarterback.
The only model to me that correlates with big success in the NFL is having a Hall of Fame franchise quarterback.
If you’re dating the quarterback and then you go out with the hockey player, you just go to the hockey games. I don’t think I’ll still go to the football games.
Even though you can hit a quarterback, it’s not always in your best interest.
It’s hard to win with rookie quarterbacks, as I know.
With any rookie quarterback, the more help you can get the better.
Look at baseball, with its defensive shifts – outfielders looking at cards on the field much like a quarterback would. It’s possible that someday defensive backs will be playing with similar cards based on where receivers are lined up and what those receivers’ route-running strengths are. The possibilities are endless.
Pushing guys to be the best, that’s part of the role I’ve always taken being a quarterback.
If you play against a Peyton Manning, that’s a great quarterback, but I’d rather have that quarterback that stays still. You have a better chance of getting to him. The mobile quarterbacks, they do a lot of different stuff.
Going from reporter to anchor is like going from wide receiver to quarterback. As anchor, you’re running the plays and having the feel of the show – and knowing when to be more upbeat or slow down.
Drew Brees, Kyle Orton, Curtis Painter – the recent legacy of quarterbacks at Purdue speaks for itself. I think it’s ‘Quarterback U.’ The facilities are just beautiful. I didn’t expect them to be as great as they were.
You compare a goalie position to a quarterback to a pitcher. You’re going to make that decision of what’s gonna happen to you. They’re a high-pressure position. They’re fun just for that.
It’s my job, first and foremost, to take care of the football. Guys work their tails off. That’s Football 101. From the time you play youth ball to high school, college, pro, every level, that’s the starting point for every quarterback. You have to take care of the ball.
There’s high expectations for Cowboys. There’s been some great quarterbacks who have come through that organization.
As a wide receiver, you don’t want to feel that the quarterback is only going to throw you the ball if you’re wide open.
I had to find stories no one else was writing, so I got away from the quarterback and the coach. I’m still looking for stories no one else has written.
Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays.
I did my time with a mobile quarterback and that was fun. It was fun, it got me more opportunities for more balls on scramble rules and stuff like that. But in this league, it’s tough to scramble.
I think when you get Robert Griffin, one of the most explosive quarterbacks to ever play the position, in a Mike Shanahan-type system, the possibilities are very exciting, I think, with Mike Shanahan’s imagination.
Obviously Tom Brady is a great quarterback.
Things never change in football, it’s still blocking and tackling and execution, and having an experienced quarterback who is patient enough to take what the defense gives him.
When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
Whether you’re a quarterback and you just threw a pick, or you’re a corner and you just got beat for a touchdown, you’ve got to have a short-term memory, shake it off and play the next play.
Young quarterbacks usually experience bumps in the road. I’ll take them in stride.
I think the only time I doubted myself was my senior year in high school. I was not offered a Division I scholarship. I remember a scout from Ohio State coming in and looking at my film. He was all excited to meet me. Then he met me and I was 5’10” and he said that I was not a Division I quarterback.
You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play, as opposed to where that computer is hitting it fast and he’s knowing where to go with the ball at the right time.
My job is just to get open and catch the ball so I don’t really focus on who the quarterback is. But I try to build a rapport with whoever is calling the plays.
All of the great quarterbacks have been guys who couldn’t run a lick – John Unitas, Joe Namath. Sonny Jurgensen – guys who stayed in the pocket.
The quarterback I enjoy watching the most is Dan Marino.
In Detroit, the quarterbacks lift with all the linebackers and running backs and everybody else, so I’m doing that whole thing.
In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.
I don’t believe in having a separate workout for quarterbacks. Other players hate that.
If your quarterback can’t make plays in certain situations for you to win games, he’s not getting the job done.
There are a lot of guys who play in pro-style offenses who are not prepared when they come out of college. Either you’re coaching the quarterback to be a quarterback, or you’re not.
I’ve always done that since I was in second grade watching the varsity quarterback at my father’s high school – trying to steal reps as much as I can.
I think there’s a special relationship between the center and quarterback.
I never want to make the quarterback feel like I’m being a distraction or I’ve got any negativity toward him.
I know I’m a pretty good quarterback.
There’s no one I’d rather have as my quarterback. I love Jared Goff.
I think any time an offense struggles with developing a rhythm, struggles with scoring points, I think the first thing you have to examine is the quarterback.
It’s hard not to follow other careers of NFL quarterbacks in the 24/7 news-at-your-fingertips society we live in.
I like to be try to be a mentor to some of the younger quarterbacks in the NFL.
I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.
Big Ben, he’s a great quarterback.
Every quarterback feels like he has something to prove.
Game day can be emotional, and there are a lot of ups and downs throughout a game, but as a quarterback, you have to be able to see the bigger picture, steady that ship, get all the guys focused in on the task at hand, and keep the thing moving.
