Quotes from John Elway

I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal.

You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing.

I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive.

There's always an asterisk behind somebody's name who hasn't won the Super Bowl. There shouldn't be, but that's kind of the way history works.

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of the job and travel that goes with it, too.

I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.

I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one

As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.

The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side

I'm happy with the Arena Football League right now. I'm happy in Denver.

I don't have any pangs to where I want to be with the Broncos.

It's really been a better situation for me being with the Crush than it would if I were with the Broncos because this has given me a lot more broad range

I don't know if I like being the sentimental favorite.

How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball.

To be able to get a football team that's capable of competing for world championships, you always got to get a little bit lucky, but you got to have all phases to win it all.

I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls.

I can't compare quarterbacks as apples and oranges in my mind because everybody's in a different system.

The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.

I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive.

I'm watching the Weather Channel more than I've ever watched it. I'm scared to death it's going to rain.

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

You always want to have good balance. That's the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.