Quotes About Execution

The quarterback has to get rid of the ball quickly, so there's not a lot of time to make moves to gain separation.

When you put pressure on the quarterback, everything looks a lot better.

We always think we can get to the quarterback, put pressure on him.

If he can basically prepare, be the starting quarterback, come in and execute and keep his head right, then I feel good about Weeden.

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

Third down is a big thing with a quarterback: pinpoint accuracy, making good decisions.

When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.

I'm kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

I think my game isn't very flashy, but the test of time for the position of quarterback is how fast can you get the ball out of your hands to the right guy? And I think I do that better than everyone else.

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.

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

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

The best advice I try to give a young quarterback is, you need to know what you're doing. You need to know what you're doing, because if you know where to go with the football, you can get rid of it and throw it and you won't get hit.

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

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.

It all goes through the quarterback.

To have two separate game plans, you're asking for way too much of your team. That's why it's important to have quarterbacks that know your system, understand your system and have been a part of your system.

Quarterback play is important for every level of football.

I want to know what everyone is doing on every play, all the way from protection to tailback to progressions of quarterbacks.

As a quarterback, I feel you have to be a distributor.

I think whether home or away, it's playing a full four quarters, doing good things on offense all the way through the game rather than just in spurts.

But making big decisions shouldn't be easy - it shouldn't be that you have an idea, and you get to execute it without anyone questioning it.

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

My second 30 is actually very good, where my turnovers are very quick. I just want to put a complete race together, once I get out of my drive phase, I want to hit my next 30 very hard.