(987 quotes found)
“A Monday morning quarterback”
American Proverb
“What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.”
Terry Bradshaw
“Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs -- unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times.”
Hunter S. Thompson
“You do what's best for your team, ... throw passes and get (the quarterback) killed. Are you kidding me? For what? That's ridiculous.”
Herm Edwards
“The No. 1 thing is you have to be able to protect the quarterback, ... If we put pressure on him and stop the run, we'll put ourselves in some good situations.”
Brian Urlacher
“The thing they do up front is get to the quarterback fast, so you can't stand back there and hold the ball a long time. . . . They don't let you really get set back there for too long.”
Jake Plummer
“I'd be surprised if one quarterback in the league could compute his own rating. Peyton Manning is as cerebral as it gets, and I don't think he'd have a first clue.”
Troy Aikman
“Gosh, I haven't seen that many fumbles by a Jets' quarterback since Joe Namath tried to kiss Suzy Kolber on an ESPN Sunday night game a couple years ago, ... The Chiefs played defense about as well as Suzy did — Joe didn't get to first base, and neither did we. But we've got Chad on a strenuous hand-strengthening regimen: he's squeezing Charmin toilet paper 500 times a day.”
Herman Edwards
“I like to think we are getting better ? and we need to. We are starting to get back. Our quarterback is starting to look like he is in rhythm. In practice, he overthrew some guys and I thought this was good because ... his hand is starting to feel pretty good. We got the offense going.”
Bill Cowher
“It takes more that just a great coach or a great quarterback or a great anything. It takes the whole package. They still are a distance away from that.”
Marv Levy