Quotes and Sayings about Quarterbacks

The quarterback is the leader of the team and the quarterback is the one that has the ball in his hands every single play.

The job of the QB is not to throw the ball between the 8's. But to put the ball anywhere in my area code and I must answer the call with a reception.

At the quarterback position I would say mental is just as important as physical.

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.

It's a headache, chasing a guy around. I'd rather play against a quarterback that sits still.

The quarterback is going to be judged, fair or unfair, on success in the playoffs. You remember the quarterbacks - Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Tom Brady - who have won three or four Super Bowls.

Stats are for losers, and the one thing I'd like to point out, while at Wyoming, we won games, and I definitely think that's how quarterbacks are judged in the NFL.

Being a quarterback isn't an option for me. It's in my blood.

That's what every quarterback wants. Just go out and play and not have to look over your shoulder.

It's much easier when your team's winning. When your team starts to lose, that's where a lot of these quarterback controversies divide a locker room.

The quarterbacks that win - those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.

East Texas isn't known for producing quarterbacks. I was never really on the football circuit. I wasn't the type of guy that put my name out there.

As a quarterback, you have to love it. As much as you like to turn around and hand the ball off - the whole traditional football game - as a quarterback, you gotta love putting it in the air.

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live.

You need to be able to work with people. Especially in football, it is not a QB's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.

I don't live in the past. I just live in the enjoyment of the game.

The road to our dreams has many detours.

I wish I could say someone taught me my mental toughness, it would have been a lot less painful.

Was auch immer auf dem Football Feld passiert, ändert nichts daran, was für ein Mensch ich bin.

We're not done, dawg, I want three!

Quick funny story: I threw a touchdown to this dude to end the game. And he looked at me and he had no idea. I said, "Dude, we just won the Super Bowl!"

Just know that the Kansas City Chiefs are never underdogs. Just know that.

I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.

Hey, you got any left-handed footballs?

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

Just remember that nothing is as bad as it seems and nothing is as good as it sometimes appears.

I'll get to the point right away. I'm retiring. For good. You only get one super emotional retirement essay and I used mine out last year.

We're playing in this very, very cool arena where Bayern Munich plays, kind of the country's top soccer team, and it looks amazing in pictures. The chance to go across to another country, play a sport that I love... there's 3 million ticket requests for 67,000 seats. So the place is gonna be rocking and if it's anything like what I see in those German Bundesliga games this is gonna be one of the most epic games that we've ever played in. So I'm super excited.

I'm always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.

When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.

You always want to end the year on a high note.

There's no such thing as individual isolated success in football. You can see it in basketball, Lebron takes the ball off one rim, he dunks it on the other, he does it all by himself. You see it in baseball, Aaron Judge snaps that home all by himself. And golf, Tiger drops that putty, does it all by himself. In football, you don't do anything all by yourself. It's always about the man next to me.

For me, at this point, all that really matters is winning. The reason I put myself through this every year is for the chance to win a Super Bowl. And to finish holding up that Lombardi trophy.

I'm retiring as a football player from the University of Tennessee who played for the Colts and the Broncos and was very lucky to have played for all of them.

I wanted this so bad. I dreamed this, man. I dreamed this. And it's like - it's surreal!

Jordan Love is going to be a great player. He's a f*cking great kid.

You gotta fight... for your right... to Lombaaardi!

I think if you're a team that doesn't have "Super Bowl or Nothing" in your minds, I don't think that you're doing it the right way.

I was always a Favre fan. I was born in Wisconsin, and my whole family was Packers fans, so I grew up watching him.

America promises equal opportunity to everyone, no matter who you are. You can go to a good school, get a great job, live in a great house. But non of that is possible without that white man's stamp of approval.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.