Whether you're a quarterback and you just threw a pick, or you're a corner and you just got beat for a touchdown, you've got to have a short-term memory, shake it off and play the next play.
If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.
We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'
I'm a big believer in your offensive limitations come from your quarterback.
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you commit to a price long before you know if they're worth it.
I got kicked out of the league because I had a hard time sustaining at the quarterback position.
I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that.
Honestly, being a 5'11" quarterback, not too many people think that you can play in the National Football League. And so for me, you know, I knew that my height doesn't define my skill set, you know? I believed in my talent. I believed in what God gave me. I believed in the knowledge that I have of the game.
The quarterback, you can play with a lot of big injuries. You get a little injury like an index finger or a thumb that most people can play with, sometimes you can't. I've stayed away from some of those.
I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.
I haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.
There's a way you have to play the quarterback position in the NFL. Maybe I'm a little bit old school, but I think you have to play the game in the pocket with consistency.
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.
If any other part of your body has some weakness, you go, 'Well I can probably manage.' But when you're a quarterback, and it's your right hand, you're certainly concerned far as being able to do your job.
The better quarterbacks are real consistent. Rookie quarterbacks are not.
Matt Ryan does a great job of throwing the ball. No quarterback within the 20 to 25 yard range is throwing the ball any better than Matt Ryan.
Typically, there's about 20, 25 percent turnover every year. So, every three or four years with the exception of, as is the case with the Patriots and the quarterback, you have a roster turnover.
Everybody's watching when you're the quarterback. The other players see how much you want it.
When I was a kid, my father brought home the autobiography of Sid Luckman, the great Chicago Bears quarterback - probably an extra copy from the sports department where he worked. It was the first sports biography I ever read.
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.
There are times when I'm watching an NFL quarterback struggling to get through the game, and I get bitter to some extent.
As a player, that's not your responsibility to comment and to give your opinion on another player. As a quarterback, I don't want another quarterback tweeting about my performance or judging me in that way.
I don't believe in having a separate workout for quarterbacks. Other players hate that.
Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.
In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.
For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in 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.
I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback I can be and get the most out of my potential.
I'm a firm believer that if you are not on the team, you ought not have input on who the quarterback is going to be.
My goal is to be the best quarterback I can be for the Colts, and hope that it's good enough.
The question of many college quarterbacks is can they operate in the pro game, in the pro system. Can they not only function under the early, especially with our game, but can they do it efficiently?
I was a quarterback in college. I hoped to go to the NFL, and I didn't get drafted. I then became a free agent. I could sign with whoever I wanted to, and I ended up going to Pittsburgh.
If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.
The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.
Quarterbacks are untouchable nowadays. If you hit a quarterback too hard, or if you fall on him with too much weight - which is a judgment thing from a professional standpoint - you're going to get flagged.