Quarterback Quotes

Quarterback Quote of the day

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

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

Quarterbacks should wear dresses.

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.

The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard

Aaron Rodgers, starting quarterback - that just has a good ring to it.

If I was going to play offense, I'd love to play running back. In high school I played quarterback and wide receiver, but I wouldn't mind running over some folks.

A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one.

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

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

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

You're sacking them, you're bagging them. And that's what you're doing with a quarterback.

The only way I’d ever recruit a white quarterback to play for me is if his mom and daddy would both have to be black, and that’s the only way I would do it.

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.

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.

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

Recognize winners. They come in all forms.

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

In my heart, I know I haven't been the best person, the best quarterback for the Steelers, I'm not talking just on the field, I'm talking off the field.

I don't think the NFL has ever seen the likes of me, a quarterback who moves the way I do and throws the way I do. I'm not saying that with arrogance or anything. That is just how I feel.

The chemistry between a quarterback and a receiver is almost like a dance.

Being there every week for my teammates is really important to me. It's about accountability. I hear stuff about the 'toughest quarterback in the league' and all that; what's that mean?

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

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

The test of a quarterback is where his team finishes.

As a quarterback, I've been the guy that people were yelling for; I've been the guy that's been booed in my own stadium.

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

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

The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He's handing it out here and there, but he can't just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.

I said all along, you judge your quarterback in his third year.

One of the reasons I loved playing quarterback was that I got to call the plays. The cancer put me in a position where I really wasn't in control anymore.

Quarterbacks are always ready.

As a quarterback, can you throw it where you are looking?

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

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.

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

Something you're aware of being a quarterback coming here-you have expectations, and you want to live up to those.

My whole life, my dream has been to be a quarterback.

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 key, as a pro, is to be a pro.

Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.

Whether youre a quarterback and you just threw a pick, or youre a corner and you just got beat for a touchdown, youve got to have a short-term memory, shake it off and play the next play.

Ron Powlus will win the Heisman two times and be the greatest quarterback in the history of Notre Dame.

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

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

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

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

Peyton was the best, my favorite quarterback growing up.

Young quarterbacks do well because they have a great defense.

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

I don't think about it, 'Wow! I'm the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.' For me, this is my job. This is what I've been preparing to do. And I really want to win badly.