Quotes About Leadership

My job is to make the quarterback position as easy as we can.

Number one, I tell the quarterbacks, do your job. You've gotta do your job before you can even worry about anybody else or any other situation.

I'm used to the natural role of a quarterback where everyone looks to you.

Being the full-time quarterback, there is a big responsibility to stay healthy for your team.

Quarterback - it's a boring, monotonous position that revolves around consistency.

You've got to find the quarterback. Once you find the quarterback, you can fix the other things.

I've never had a dumb quarterback. I think if you're dumb, it's difficult to overcome.

To show my quarterbacks how much I believe in them, I let them pick their favorite plays that we'll run in the game. On the nights before a game we'll sit down in a hotel conference room and we'll have six third-down calls for certain distances.

Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.

Your leader on the offensive line is your center, because the communication really takes place between him and quarterback.

You learn, across the league, with very successful quarterbacks, nobody does it by themselves.

As a quarterback, you have to go out and take care of the ball. That is your No. 1 priority.

At the quarterback position I would say mental is just as important as physical. Then there's that emotional component too.

I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback.

I think I always wanted to be quarterback so I could call the play.

Sometimes you can have the quarterback and no system. Sometimes, you can have a system with an average quarterback and do well.

I have a lot of empathy for quarterbacks.

I like to be try to be a mentor to some of the younger quarterbacks in the NFL.

When things go well, the quarterback is the one who sees all the attention. When things go wrong, they are the ones who get criticized the most.

That's the thing: To be successful in the NFL, you have to start by having a quality coach and a quarterback that can kind of lead the team. If you have the trust of the quarterback, then you can build everywhere else.

Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as whether he actually does it or not.

Call me a quarterback, not a running quarterback.

Always having that chip on your shoulder is an important thing for a quarterback.

Coaches are well aware, especially at quarterback, that it's not the system but the player who comes first.