Top 66 Dwayne Haskins Quotes

What drives me is my family, my faith and I would say what drives me is my happiness.

Whatever team drafts me, I’ll be able to sit back and learn from the guy that’s there and be able to compete with him and push him, but know that a guy’s there because he’s a veteran, he’s done it before, he’s professional.

That’s something you’ve just got to get a feel for the game of. Just knowing not to bypass the reads for bigger throws or to try to find more time in the pocket to make bigger plays.

I definitely feel like I have the skills to play quarterback at a high level in the NFL, and that’s just something I need someone to believe in me and give me the opportunity and I have to earn that, I have to work for that.

Whatever it takes to win, we will do that.

I’m going to prepare like hell to be a great football player. That’s what I do, that’s what I work for, and that’s what I prepare for. But when I go home, I’m not a football player no more. I’m just Dwayne. When I’m at the house with my friends, I’m just Dwayne.

Every time I put my helmet on it’s a challenge.

It’s just great watching people achieve their dreams no matter what route they took.

I definitely feel like I have the skills to play quarterback at a high level in the NFL.

I feel like I’ve done a great job showing that I’m coachable, showing that I’m wanting to learn and trying to get better.

You have to learn how to love to watch film, be able to learn how to love protections at the end of the day, because that’s what will make you last. I could write a book on protections, honestly.

You can’t worry about what someone is thinking about you.

When I was younger, I used to watch Ohio State and Rutgers a lot. Definitely watching Ohio State and Jim Tressel and Troy Smith and Ted Ginn, definitely watched Rutgers with Ray Rice and Tiquan Underwood, all of those guys.

Coach Rivera and I are very close and I don’t want to ever just get comfortable thinking I’m his guy or he believes in me. That doesn’t matter if you’re not producing on the field.

As a quarterback, I feel you have to be a distributor.

I know I have a strong arm, and sometimes I get to where I want to throw with my arm and not bring my legs.

I believe I can play with the best of them.

Put your best foot forward and pray for opportunities when you have them. Seize them and make the most of it. You never know when you’ll get another one.

The only time I feel not consistent or accurate is when I don’t know the play or if I am late on my drop.

You can’t try to be explosive and make the plays that you see on Sunday every day that you get the opportunity to be out there.

My first dream, of course, was to play quarterback at Ohio State. That was surreal for me, to the point where it went by so fast, I didn’t get to enjoy it.

Football’s always been part of what I do, not who I am.

I love protections, I love plays. If you don’t like that being a quarterback, you’re not going to last long.

Every opportunity for me is an opportunity for me to showcase that I’m the guy.

Growing up, I used to play in a lot of U.S.A. Camps and as a kid I used to play in Canton a lot, so I’m kind of familiar with the environment.

I need someone to believe in me and give me a good opportunity. I’m going to have to earn that, I have to work for that.

Just grateful for the opportunity Washington gave me, but it wasn’t completely surprising, but it was also definitely unfortunate to be able to be released the way that I was.

That’s the biggest thing with the past is knowing that it’s going to make us better.

I’m a competitor, and I hate losing. Hate being down on myself.

I love Pittsburgh. I will do what I can to leave my mark here.

The reps I get, I make the most of it.

I want to be great not only in football but in life, because you only get one life, you only get one opportunity.

I won’t necessarily say it’s just about football. It’s with everything in life. I just wanted to be a man about my business, and that’s on and off the field.

I know I’m a franchise quarterback.

In the NFL, defensive backs are faster.

I want to be a great quarterback, one of those guys you talk about for years to come. That’s not going to happen overnight.

Being a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers would be a dream. I have a lot of respect for the black and gold.

I love playing football, I love the game.

I’m extremely confident.

The most learning I do is in meetings and board work and the film room. That’s what happens. When you work hard there, you play well on the field. So that’s what I do.

Just being the best quarterback, best teammate, best leader that I can be. I just worked on doing that every day and getting better, and hopefully that leads to some accolades and success down the road.

Having people from colleges hitting me on Twitter saying how good they think I’m going to be, putting expectations on me, it’s very humbling.

If you play football and you’re comfortable with losing, you shouldn’t be playing football.

Just being a mature person, it takes a lot of work.

I know I can play well and play at a high level.

I’m going to prepare like I’m the starter. That’s me in the weight room, me in the meeting rooms.

That’s what is fun about football. It’s the ‘want to,’ to play your best in every situation.

I just cut off a lot of toxic stuff in my life.

I think I can be really good one day.

Whenever the time comes for me to play. I want to make sure that when I do play, I don’t want to look back.

All good things come to an end eventually, so I was just thankful that I was even able to get drafted.

I’ve been a Giants fan for a long time.

Own up to your responsibilities and your mistakes and be a better person moving forward.

I can maneuver if I need to but I’m deadly in the pocket.

Just coming here to Pittsburgh, I just wanted to prove to the coaching staff and my teammates how much I love football.

Whatever you do in this business, there’s going to be someone that critiques you, so you just deal with the criticism and keep grinding because that person isn’t putting the work in that you’re putting in.

Of course it’s great to be able to extend plays and know where to go when plays break down. But plays are schemed up for dropbacks and timing and things of that nature. So I feel I do that at a very high level.

I play football, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t define me.

I found myself trying to press to make plays because of situations that we were in, and as a young quarterback you have to let the game come to you.

I’ve been just trying to master that same edge that a Tom Brady or Drew Brees has; when he steps into a building, you know he’s there.

Every day is a challenge.

It has been a dream of mine to play for Ohio State. This prestigious university best represents my family values, and playing under Urban Meyer’s strong leadership abilities and a person that I can have a relationship with after football was important.

I feel that my game works really well in the NFL, because I’m able to distribute the ball deep, intermediate, short and great accuracy outside the numbers. And I feel like I make guys better around me, so that way I’ll be able to win games.

Just do your best to be accountable for what you have to do and be ready to go.

I get hyped every day I get to put a helmet on.

I just want to go to a place where the guys are going to develop me, have great people around me and be at a great organization.