Quotes About Football

Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to a football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea.

There's no one I'd rather have as my quarterback. I love Jared Goff.

Matthew Stafford, I think he's straight. I don't think he the best quarterback out there. But he do what he gotta do.

Some quarterbacks, you worry about the passing, not really getting out of the pocket and scrambling.

Aaron Rodgers has always been one of my favorite quarterbacks.

The quarterback position gets a lot of attention.

Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to the football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea.

I think there's a special relationship between the center and quarterback.

I got to talk with some of the great offensive minds in football. Bruce Arians, Byron Leftwich, Andy Reid, Ben McAdoo, Bill O'Brien, I met all those guys and tried to take something away from each of them. Hue Jackson, people that are known for developing quarterbacks, I got exposed to a lot of stuff I hadn't seen before.

I think the number one job as a quarterback is protecting the football.

The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.

Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.

If you're dating the quarterback and then you go out with the hockey player, you just go to the hockey games. I don't think I'll still go to the football games.

I think Brian Hoyer is a good quarterback.

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, you could hit the quarterback low, you could hit the quarterback high. You could hit him pretty much late.

I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts.

I loved football even before I married a quarterback; it's not for every woman, but I like it.

Marino was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, and his name always comes up when the conversation centers on the greatest quarterbacks of all time. But his greatness comes with an asterisk: He never won the Big Game.

If I could play football, I'd play football. But not women's football - real football. Or I'd just date a quarterback.

I wasn't the most well-liked person in Canton. I was a coach's son who played quarterback. It was tough at times.

I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense.

I'm playing quarterback, I'm playing football, and I don't try to make it more than that.