Quarterback Quotes

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

  Don Shula

  Funny, Sports, Football

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• 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.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Running, Nfl

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My height doesn't define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature - and I try to bring that on a daily basis.

  Russell Wilson

  Skills, Trying, Details

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• What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can't measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma.

  Drew Brees

  Successful, Common Threads, Nfl

  "A Half Dozen Questions for Drew Brees". Interview with John B. Thompson, www.gq.com. April 23, 2010.

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• The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team.

  Ron Jaworski

  Sports, Football, Team

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• My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

  Tom Brady

  Jobs, Play, Teammate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.

  Kurt Warner

  Football, Dream, Motivational Sports

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• The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.

  Cam Newton

  Swagger, Fields, Type

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• You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.

  Fran Tarkenton

  Team, Struggle, Greatness

  "Ryan Michael's Exclusive Interview with Vikings HOF Quarterback: Fran Tarkenton". bleacherreport.com. January 30, 2010.

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• I have two secret weapons -- my legs, my arms and my brain.

  Michael Vick

  Two, Secret, Brain

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

  Andy Dalton

  Team, Hands, Play

  Press Conference, www.bengals.com. July 25, 2013.

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• Recognize winners. They come in all forms.

  Bear Bryant

  Winner, Form

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.247, Triumph Books

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• In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than the quarterbacks have always been, they're running like crazy. But I kind of stick to my roots of the disciplined quarterback. You know, I'm doing the same routine every week, studying tapes and working hard, getting ready to play and making good decisions on Sundays.

  Peyton Manning

  Running, Crazy, Athlete

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• If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.

  Dan Marino

  Confidence, Player, Special

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• Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

  Joe Montana

  Football, Nfl, Succeed

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I try to be a smart quarterback. I'm not the fastest or the best athlete, but if I can know what the defense is doing and stick to my job and what needs to be done I can make the plays needed to move the ball and score.

  Eli Manning

  Jobs, Smart, Moving

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• I don't believe that you can be too short as a quarterback. It's not about height.

  Drew Brees

  Football, Believe, Inspiration

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• A good football coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback - but not necessarily in that order.

  Bud Grant

  Football, Dog, Order

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• Right or wrong, when a team is doing well, the head coach and the quarterback get all the praise and when a team's not doing well, the head coach and the quarterback get all the blame. I've learned to drown that out.

  Scott Frost

  Team, Blame, I've Learned

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• As a quarterback, you try to manage the game. It's not just throwing the ball. You have to manage the running game and getting out of bad situations and there are a lot of things to it. That's what I'm trying to do.

  Eli Manning

  Running, Games, Trying

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• If the quarterback throws the ball in the endzone and the wide receiver catches it, it's a touchdown.

  John Madden

  Funny, Nfl, Balls

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• If your team is going to win, you need to play better than the other quarterback.

  Peyton Manning

  Sports, Team, Winning

  "Outtakes: Peyton Manning". Interview with Dan Patrick, www.espn.com. December 06, 2001.

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• Quarterbacks are always ready.

  Jack Kemp

  Ready

  "The Odd Couple", www.cnn.com. August 9, 1996.

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• I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle. They have a great running back - they have a great group of running backs - but Lynch obviously is really kind of in a class by himself. The quarterback's a problem, the receivers are a problem, they have a good offensive line.

  Bill Belichick

  Running, Team, Thinking

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