Quotes from Ryan Fitzpatrick

At Harvard, I grew up a lot in terms of being able to deal with different types of people because where I grew up in Arizona, it's predominately white and predominantly Mormon families, so there's not a whole lot of diversity.

I feel like I keep progressing.

I feel like I have been a quick study in terms of picking up the different offensive schemes I have been exposed to. I think I offer a dependability and dedication that is very important to being successful.

I think, fortunately and unfortunately, I've got a lot of experience in playing for teams that have been in this situation where we lost a few games and we've got to stay the course, we've got to right the ship, and we've got to do all of that stuff.

I don't think the day that I was drafted that I expected to be the starting quarterback for the Rams as a seventh-round pick.

What a humbling experience, being an NFL quarterback.

I've had a different career than a lot of different quarterbacks, but this has been a career that I've loved and a position that I like being in.

I'm getting better as a quarterback. A lot of that is an understanding of the game, of myself, of who I'm playing against.

Football is not a game about numbers. It's about wins and trying to go out and play better than the other team.

I would much rather pass up on some of that guaranteed money... and bet on myself and just see what happens.

When you play quarterback and the offense doesn't play well, a lot of that is because of the quarterback. You're going to receive the criticism.

I'm very proud of the fact I went to Harvard and I loved my four years there.

I've been called worse than a Harvard kid.

Whenever I go to a new team the jabs about being a Harvard guy are always more prevalent. This is mainly because people don't know much about me other than being the Harvard guy that did well on his Wonderlic test. The more time I spend with people, the less the Harvard stuff comes up.

Coming to Harvard was an eye-opening experience because there's so much diversity on campus.

I'm the Harvard guy everywhere, every day. There are worse things to be called, worse things to be known by I guess.

Any way that I can help the Harvard football program and Harvard is great.

The two things that make you a good head coach in this league are if you can get the players to respect you and if you can come across with a clear, consistent message.

I'm not gonna throw a Ryan Leaf bullet, but I've got a good enough arm, where I think it'll turn some heads and keep them interested.

It really all started in Buffalo, when it was cold, I wanted to see if I could grow facial hair and lo and behold it just kept growing.

I've had to work hard my whole life to gain what I have, and that's why I have such a fun time doing those things that nobody likes. Like squatting or hang cleans or getting up in the morning, because I think that I realize in the end what it's going to do for me and what it has done for me in the past.

One thing that I've learned about myself is I have to trust what I see. And that maybe sounds silly, but there's things that I feel or see during a game that, you know, I used to explain it as I have an angel on one shoulder that's telling me to run the play and the devil on the other shoulder that's telling me really what I should do.

I want to bring energy. I want my play to be infectious to other guys.

Football is something so ingrained in me, something I love doing and definitely something I want to do.