Quotes from Donovan McNabb

Everybody works on mechanics, no matter what position you play.

That's the competitive nature in me. Just wanting to be the best and wanting to do everything I have to in order for this team to make it that far. You put pressure on your shoulders.

Everything I say, I expect backlash from it.

Everybody loves the backup.

I'm from Chicago, and I loved the Bears.

Obviously you try to learn from the past and your mistakes and how you can become a better player as well as a better person.

You have to focus on your job, and if you focus on your job, you block everything out.

I've never attempted or even tried or will ever throw anyone under the bus. That's just not me. I don't do that.

Everybody suffers through some type of adversity. Does it make you stronger or does it pull you down? And I never will let any of that pull me down or pull me away from what I've set to achieve.

It's sad that Walter Payton was not known as the greatest running back to play the game until they won the Super Bowl.

My numbers are better than Troy Aikman, but he has Super Bowl rings and he's played with Hall of Famers as well.

People were saying John Elway should retire until he won the Super Bowl.

There are a lot of great players who have not won a Super Bowl.

There was never any animosity from the Philly fans.

Any time you get into that chip on the shoulder, trying to prove that I can do this and I can do that, it takes away from what you're capable of doing and who you are as a player, as well as a person.

I think in a lot of ways, I handle the leadership role a little different than others. I'm not going to rah-rah or slap you across the helmet or push you. I'm going to talk to you.

I need to go out and play football and have fun. If I do that, then everything will be fine.

Every player has a chip on their shoulder about something.

Dan Marino never won the big game. Does that mean his career is a failure? No, not at all.

I loved Dan Snyder, I love his attitude and his approach.

I think you get in a situation where once you start hearing the boos and hearing the radio stations talk and people on the outside begin to bring your name up of being benched, then you begin to lose focus, and now your play begins to fall and you begin to focus on other things.

I've talked to other players that have been to the Super Bowl and about what happened the next year. Everybody becomes stars. Everybody feels like, 'I'm the man.'

When you're the older guy, everybody talks about you. When you win, everybody talks about you. When you lose, everybody talks about you.

That's the NFL: Not For Long. First year's a welcome year. Second it's, What are you going to do? Third year's like, Well, you didn't do much last year; give us something or you're going. That's the way it is. They'll trade you or they'll cut you.