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Quotes About Quarterback

When you're dropping back and everything's going on, part of you wants to force it, but you have to make the right decision and not force the ball and sometimes throw it away.
~ Nick Foles
There are definitely times when taking a sack is a better play than doing something else and trying to make a play when something is not there.
~ Matt Cassel
I've always had visions of being a starting quarterback. That's why I come to work every day.
~ Brock Osweiler
Cam Newton, his best throw is better than anybody's best throw. I'm gonna say that right off the bat. But I will take consistency over volatile play any day of the week.
~ Jordan Rodgers
The inaccuracy issue. Going back to college having a 56-percent completion percentage. Obviously, it's not great. But I think that it's a little blown out of proportion.
~ Josh Allen
The quarterback is the most vulnerable one on the field. He's in an awkward position a lot of times when he throws the ball. So he does have to be protected. You lose a quarterback, you're in trouble. I don't know if they can make it too safe. I think health becomes an issue.
~ Bud Grant
I was always a big fan of waiting a year of two to groom an NFL quarterback; let him learn and mature.
~ Terrell Davis
It doesn't make much sense to blitz a guy that gets rid of the ball in less than 1.5 seconds.
~ Jon Gruden
Flacco sucks. I played him two years in a row. He sucks.
~ Jalen Ramsey
There was a period of time where the two most wanted guys in the state of Oklahoma were me and Josh Heupel. Me for suggesting that you could throw the ball at Oklahoma and in the Big 12. And Josh Heupel for having the temerity to play quarterback and not be able to run faster than 5 flat.
~ Bob Stoops
Now, would we like to have that super quarterback? Absolutely. And if we have the opportunity to get that person or develop that person, that's what we'll do.
~ Bob McNair
Playing quarterback in the National Football League, getting to the Super Bowl is an incredible challenge.
~ Carson Palmer
Obviously Eli Manning is a two-time Super Bowl MVP, so he is one of the best and a Hall of Fame quarterback. So I am just excited to be in the same quarterback room as him and we will see what happens.
~ Davis Webb
That Bears quarterback is no good. He's washed up. He's 30.
~ Donny Most
My first dream, of course, was to play quarterback at Ohio State. That was surreal for me, to the point where it went by so fast, I didn't get to enjoy it.
~ Dwayne Haskins
The only way I'd ever recruit a white quarterback to play for me is if his mom and daddy would both have to be black, and that's the only way I would do it.
~ Barry Switzer
I am sure I lost out on a few million or more in money but I am happy with the team that I am on and the quarterback that I am with.
~ Terrell Owens
I could throw a pass to a spot as well as anyone who ever lived - But that's a God-given talent. I could never stand back and flick the ball 60 yards downfield with my wrists like Dan Marino does.
~ Otto Graham
I know I'm the No. 1 quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and that's all that matters in my heart. That's all I wanted. I wanted a team that wanted me, and I found that.
~ Robert Griffin III
I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.
~ Ryne Sandberg
I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job.
~ John Madden
I think to be a great quarterback, you have to have a great leadership, great attention to detail, and a relentless competitive nature. And that's what I try to bring to the table, and I have a long way to go. I'm still learning, and I'm still on a constant quest for knowledge.
~ Russell Wilson
Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.
~ Jon Gruden
The truth is that in the NFL, the job is to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the job.
~ Steve Young