I don’t think the day that I was drafted that I expected to be the starting quarterback for the Rams as a seventh-round pick.
I’m a big believer in your offensive limitations come from your quarterback.
No quarterback goes out there and plays well on his own.
If Kaepernick is trying to become a backup quarterback, and we’re seeing guys like Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith being picked ahead him, then you can argue that he is being blackballed.
I’m going to do what I need to do in meetings and out on the field to showcase my talent that I’m a franchise quarterback and I can be a really great quarterback in the NFL.
Call me a quarterback, not a running quarterback.
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.
What motivates me is being the best quarterback in the world.
The argument has never been whether Kaepernick is one of the top five quarterbacks in the NFL. He’s not in the top 10 either. But when you consider the alternatives teams are considering, Kaepernick’s omission begins to look ridiculous.
A guy like Darrelle Revis has been in the NFL a long time. They study tendencies. They know what you’re doing from the way you line up. When you run a route, you almost have to be perfect at it. You can’t slip. Timing has to be perfect with the quarterback going against a smart guy like him.
When you are a free agent like I was, it definitely makes a big difference when you know there’s stability at the quarterback position.
Tom Brady is the two best quarterbacks of all time.
No matter who’s at quarterback, you’ve got to be prepared and be ready to help out the team.
Typically, there’s about 20, 25 percent turnover every year. So, every three or four years with the exception of, as is the case with the Patriots and the quarterback, you have a roster turnover.
I merely dared to say Tebow could be a successful starting quarterback in the National Football League – not a Pro Bowler, mind you, just a guy who could win games his way. Which prompted relentless attacks from anti-Tebow analysts and journalists.
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
As long as you keep your body healthy quarterback is a position where you should get better as you age.
Being a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers would be a dream. I have a lot of respect for the black and gold.
Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.
I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That’s kind of an old-school theory, but it has existed in this game.
Michael Strahan should get the amount of money that anybody else in the league is getting. I don’t care if it is a quarterback, wide receiver, defensive lineman, linebacker. He should make the kind of money Brett Favre, Marshall Faulk make, because he’s that type of player.
Coach Knapp is a tremendous quarterbacks coach.
I’m going to play the quarterback position the way coaches install the plays; I’m going to go through the reads just like they install it.
If he can basically prepare, be the starting quarterback, come in and execute and keep his head right, then I feel good about Weeden.
I’m on the record as saying Andrew Luck can be the greatest quarterback who ever played the game of football. I’ve seen him do some unbelievable things that I still can’t believe a quarterback was able to do. I have tremendous respect for that guy.
I don’t compare myself to guys who had the same quarterback their entire career. Nothing against that – they’re blessed with that. But I don’t compare my numbers.
Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that’s a plus. That’s a plus decision. That’s the way I’ve always graded it.
If you still produce at the quarterback position, it doesn’t matter what age you are.
If you’re the quarterback and want to be the best on the field, you’ve got to act like it.
What the Jets did with Mark Sanchez, they took a rookie quarterback and went pretty far with him.
I assume everybody thinks they’re a top-five quarterback. I mean, I think I’m the best. I don’t think I’m top five, I think I’m the best. I don’t think I’d be very successful at my job if I didn’t feel that way.
Whenever I’m at a party, people are always telling me either to get a new quarterback or make the Taurus back seat bigger.
When you lose a good player, it’s like losing a quarterback.
A quarterback that goes out and performs for you and is a franchise quarterback is more valuable than a player playing another position, but there’s a lot more risk there. It’s a more difficult position to play, and there are lot more failures.
No one’s taking quarterbacks, for the most part, in the first round that haven’t had a lot of success.
I feel like too many guys get wrapped up in this image that a quarterback is supposed to have, and I’ve never bought into that.
If bad quarterback play is damaging to the XFL, I think it’s damaging to any league at any level.
People think, ‘Oh, he’s a black quarterback, he must be dual-threat.’ People throw around that word all the time. It’s lazy.
Rubio rode his skill as a high school quarterback to college in Florida, followed by law school.
When you really think about it and look at the number of quarterbacks who come through the league, not many of them have Super Bowl careers.
I know perfection in this game is very hard to do and pretty much impossible, but it’s what I strive for because I think it’s what you should do as a quarterback and as a leader.
For receivers… it’s a lot about timing, having chemistry with your quarterback to be successful and having a guy that you work with over the course of years.
I don’t want to wake up and be bored. That’s probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I’ve been on for a long time and had success with? I don’t plan on giving it up any time soon.
People ask me who he reminds me of. The way he’s playing, I’d say he doesn’t remind me of anybody. I’ve never seen anybody – running back, quarterback, wide receiver – make the plays that Vince Young made today.
When you play quarterback your whole life, you’re kind of taught to sit in the pocket. If you want to get out of there quick, you probably shouldn’t play quarterback.
Listen, I don’t think there are any backups in this league that don’t have aspirations to be a starting quarterback. It’s just part of the business. It’s part of being on a team and knowing your role.
The new CBA is hurting the league. It’s hurting quarterback play.
That’s what we’re here for as quarterbacks is to help our team win, lead the offense down the field and put points on the board.
I’ve just tried to do everything I can personally to be the best quarterback I can be, whether it’s doing extra work for my rehab, extra work in the film room, on the board, extra work out on the field with my drops and footwork.
To show my quarterbacks how much I believe in them, I let them pick their favorite plays that we’ll run in the game. On the nights before a game we’ll sit down in a hotel conference room and we’ll have six third-down calls for certain distances.
I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway’s arm, Dan Marino’s release, maybe Troy Aikman’s drop-back, Brett Favre’s scrambling ability, Joe Montana’s two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.
Tom Brady is a great quarterback, he’s a great player, and what you’ve seen with him is he’s gotten better every year.
No quarterback ever won a championship that did it all by himself.
I do feel like the quarterback of the defense is pretty important, so not having that piece would put a damper on the defense.
If there’s one perk, it’s being the quarterback of America’s team and being able to make a difference off the field.
Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.
I haven’t seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.
There’s obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he’s a runner. How’s the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?
I think everybody individually does things a little differently. As a quarterback, every quarterback has their strengths and their weaknesses.
When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.
It means a lot to me as a quarterback if my receivers think I’m a good quarterback. It doesn’t really matter what everybody else thinks, but it means a lot to me when I feel like those guys trust me.
I wouldn’t be the first quarterback from California to go to cold weather. I think Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are doing pretty well and been able to do it.
I wouldn’t say you worry about your health when you run. I would say a quarterback as an obligation to protect yourself as a runner, whether it’s getting out of bounds, sliding or getting down, whatever it might be.
