Quotes About Quarterback

I do feel like the quarterback of the defense is pretty important, so not having that piece would put a damper on the defense.

Peyton is one of the best in the game, and I've been blessed to have him as my quarterback. I learned so much from him.

You don't know who was going to trade up or if you're going to end up dropping to a team that needs a quarterback.

Well, I think anytime you can sack the quarterback, that's great. With that, when you're sacking him, you're pressuring him, and I think no quarterback likes having pressure on the edge or up the middle. So, yeah, I value pressures a lot, and I think that goes a long way toward marrying a rush and the coverage and playing really good defense.

I did my time with a mobile quarterback and that was fun. It was fun, it got me more opportunities for more balls on scramble rules and stuff like that. But in this league, it's tough to scramble.

A lot of the CTE stuff, you see in football, and that's because of the constant collision. These guys are doing it every week, and it's not like the running back is getting this problem, or the quarterback, it's the guys on the front line that keep going into each other. It's those guys.

The best thing for any team is to make the quarterback feel pain. You've got to be respectful of the rules of the game and honestly you don't want to hurt anybody, but to make him feel you is to bring his eyes down.

Aaron Rodgers is a great quarterback, and he's going to keep his team in every game he plays.

Being a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers would be a dream. I have a lot of respect for the black and gold.

I love protections, I love plays. If you don't like that being a quarterback, you're not going to last long.

Coach Tomlin has been a great guy as far as getting to know me, as far as what I need to do as a quarterback, what I need to do off the field. He's been very hands-on with me. It's great to work with a Hall of Fame coach, to take the time and start helping me out. He's a great motivator.

I'm going to do what I need to do in meetings and out on the field to showcase my talent that I'm a franchise quarterback and I can be a really great quarterback in the NFL.

When you play quarterback your whole life, you're kind of taught to sit in the pocket. If you want to get out of there quick, you probably shouldn't play quarterback.

When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.

Randy Moss was a fad. People were looking for some way to vote against Peyton Manning.

Andy Reid really dominated the NFC with Donovan McNabb as his best quarterback, got to a Super Bowl. Then he goes to the AFC, wins with Alex Smith. He's won with five or six quarterbacks.

I'm so blessed to have gone to Wisconsin. It's a great school and great coaching staff with incredible fans. I had a lot of great teammates that wanted to be successful. I played behind a huge offensive line. I think that proved a lot, too, as a 5-11 quarterback showing I could play under center with those guys in front of me.

He's been so successful, arguably the best quarterback ever to play the game. If you were trying to follow his footsteps, it would be incredibly difficult. I'd go crazy if I woke up every day and tried to compare myself to Peyton Manning.

I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That's kind of an old-school theory, but it has existed in this game.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

This is really a dream come true. To be the starting quarterback in the Super Bowl is probably the highlight of my life.

Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.

Playing quarterback you have to have quick reactions. You've got to be able to know pretty much everything that's going on on the field, lateral quickness, lateral movements in the pocket.

Getting through the reads in an efficient manner. I don't want to stay on receivers too long to where a bad decision is made.