Quarterback Quotes - Page 2

• Winning means being unafraid to lose.

  Fran Tarkenton

  Inspiring, Happiness, Success

  Fran Tarkenton, Tad Tuleja (1986). “How to motivate people: the team strategy for success”, Harpercollins

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• I just don't think you pass on a great quarterback if you have the opportunity. If need be, you can trade it away.

  Tony Dungy

  Opportunity, Thinking, Needs

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• Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table.

  Don Shula

  Sports, Running, Real

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• I was never on a mission to be an NFL quarterback. I wanted to be a good high school player, and I worked hard at that. That made me good enough to play in college and then I wanted to be a good college quarterback. During college I played well enough to make it into the NFL. I never took it for granted and really wanted to play hard at each level and I have always had a lot of fun doing what I wanted to do.

  Peyton Manning

  Fun, School, Player

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• You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.

  Mike Singletary

  Real, Games, Play

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• I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.

  Bill Parcells

  Motivational, Sports, Needs

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• My first option is not to run. I am not a runner. I'm a quarterback.

  Daunte Culpepper

  Running, Firsts, Runners

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• In order for this team to win the game, the quarterback has to throw the ball.

  John Madden

  Funny, Team, Winning

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• Common sense is the guy who tells you that you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he never is. He's high up in the stands with a flask on his hip. Common sense is the little man in a grey suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always someone else's money he's adding up.

  Raymond Chandler

  Monday, Morning, Mistake

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• Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.

  Tom Brady

  Play, Long, Long Time

  Interview, www.patriots.com. May 28, 2009.

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• My prototypical quarterback is a competitive guy that's a winner, somebody that has great athletic instincts, somebody who is very accurate throwing the football, a quick-minded guy who can think fast on his feet and can make decisions quickly, someone who has leadership ability, an understanding of timing and can make really good decisions.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Football, Thinking, Feet

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• The biggest thing you need to be successful with it is a quarterback who wants to be involved in the decision-making process and not just merely want to execute plays sent in to him.

  Tony Dungy

  Successful, Play, Decision

  Interview with Aaron Schatz, www.footballoutsiders.com. May 11, 2010.

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• The test of a quarterback is where his team finishes.

  Paul Brown

  Team, Tests

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• A running quarterback, to me, is safer. Because, once I got out [of the pocket], I didn?t run where there were a lot of people. I ran where there was nobody.

  Steve Young

  Running, People, Pockets

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• Young quarterbacks do well because they have a great defense.

  Steve Mariucci

  Defense, Young, Wells

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• It's always a lot more fun as a quarterback if you can do things you don't normally get to do. So if I can catch a pass and make a play for the team, that's what I'm willing to do.

  Robert Griffin III

  Fun, Team, Play

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• For me, it's not about sacking the quarterback. It's about changing the course of the game. It's causing a crucial fumble at a crucial time. It's making a tackle for a loss when the opposing team needs to gain one or two yards for the first down. I look at myself as a sudden-impact player.

  Simeon Rice

  Team, Loss, Player

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• I would have loved to have had the start that Tom Brady did, won a couple of Super Bowls early, but I wasn't good enough at the time. I have to get better. You start to understand that all the talk and noise really don't matter. Every quarterback goes through the same thing. You have to keep getting better; your team will keep getting better—and you'll have a chance.

  Tony Romo

  Couple, Team, Get Better

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• I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

  Philip Rivers

  Sports, Team, Opportunity

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• The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME!

  Burt Reynolds

  Important, Remember, Protect

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• I'm not an athlete; I'm a quarterback. I don't have great speed, and I can't throw 90 yards down the field. I win games because I've done the mental preparation.

  Joey Harrington

  Athlete, Winning, Games

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• I will remain in relentless pursuit of continuing my lifelong dream of being an NFL quarterback.

  Tim Tebow

  Dream, Nfl, Relentless

  Tim Tebow (2016). “Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms”, p.17, WaterBrook

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• It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback.' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up.

  Bill Parcells

  Easy, Backup, Easy Things

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• Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Numbers, Criminals, Dollars

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream”, p.291, Pan Macmillan

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• Warren Moon and Doug Williams really didn't run that much. That's the negative stereotype when it comes to African-American quarterbacks, that most of us just run. Those guys threw it around. I like to think I can throw it around a little bit.

  Robert Griffin III

  Running, Thinking, Moon

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