Quotes from Drew Brees

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.

The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge

The only team that believed in me was the Saints, and I feel like I owe them a great debt of gratitude. I want to give them what they saw in me-a guy who could lead this team to a championship.

We've got something special going here. We want to keep it going. You don't have many opportunities like this, and the window of opportunity for us is now.

There are still goals to be accomplished. There are still challenges to be met. And so I'm still very focused on that.

Obviously if Gates turns out missing the first game because of this, that's disappointing for everyone in this locker room because he is big part of our team and we don't want to see that happen.

I'm a very modest person.

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

We have a beautiful little boy who is 18 months old and another little boy to be born in October. We are very excited about that.

We all understand what we signed up for, but then again, you don't want this to be a game that puts people in wheelchairs at age 40.

All of the products I take help me feel like I'm getting the maximum amount out of my workouts and out of my practice work. They're a big part of preparing and recovering each week.

I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me.

Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to.

There's not anything, I don't think, that I can do or accomplish.

That says it all. When you say, 'Victory,' that says it all.

I don't know about voodoo, but I believe in destiny.

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.

Each and every year I feel like I've gotten a little bit better and that's always been my goal, was just to get a little bit better