I never agreed too much about players talking about former teammates when they go somewhere else. I've never been a fan of that.
— Donovan McNabb
Obviously you try to learn from the past and your mistakes and how you can become a better player as well as a better person.
No matter what your accomplishments are, the records you've broken, etc., when a team is ready to move in a direction - they're ready.
I need to go out and play football and have fun. If I do that, then everything will be fine.
Many quarterbacks have won throughout their career and had a lot of success... and have a lot of wins, but were not able to win that Super Bowl... But that is the ultimate goal.
I don't look back and regret anything.
Brian Dawkins, to me, in an era I played in, there were three, really four safeties where their numbers and their impact on the game stands alone.
I try to handle myself with dignity.
As an athlete or an entertainer, you don't want to be in a boring spot. You want to be in a spot where you're doing your thing to the best of your ability, and you know that you'll get a reaction.
That's the NFL: Not For Long. First year's a welcome year. Second it's, What are you going to do? Third year's like, Well, you didn't do much last year; give us something or you're going. That's the way it is. They'll trade you or they'll cut you.
I'm not hesitating on that. I am a Hall of Famer.
I played every sport but hockey.
Well, we went to the Final Four in '96. As a college kid, that's what you dream about.
It's sad that Walter Payton was not known as the greatest running back to play the game until they won the Super Bowl.
I'm just like the rest of the guys. I'm a little different in a lot of ways, but I'm still a player with a number on his back and if I'm unable to produce, they'll find somebody else to fill my spot.
Work ethic starts where everyone understands that you're putting that extra foot forward in order to be the best.
When things go well, the quarterback is the one who sees all the attention. When things go wrong, they are the ones who get criticized the most.
You see great players, Hall of Fame players that didn't stay with their team.
Any time you get into that chip on the shoulder, trying to prove that I can do this and I can do that, it takes away from what you're capable of doing and who you are as a player, as well as a person.
Everything I say, I expect backlash from it.
That's the competitive nature in me. Just wanting to be the best and wanting to do everything I have to in order for this team to make it that far. You put pressure on your shoulders.
I've always been a big believer that winning a Super Bowl is an outstanding achievement, but that doesn't really reflect on what type of career that a person has had.
I hated being compared to anybody.
I've learned since childhood that you control only the things that you can control. Everything else, let it take care of itself.
I try to handle myself with class.
When I get out on the field, you see me laughing so much because it's a dream come true. A lot of people wish they could do what I do, or wish they had an opportunity to do what I do. But not everybody's granted opportunity. I was, so I'm taking full advantage of it.
Chase Daniel is not a bad player.
My numbers speak for itself.
I'm a Cubs fan, a Bulls fan.
I'm from Chicago, and I loved the Bears.
There are a lot of great players who have not won a Super Bowl.
Everybody suffers through some type of adversity. Does it make you stronger or does it pull you down? And I never will let any of that pull me down or pull me away from what I've set to achieve.
This is something that I think has been going on for before I played football - just kind of guys sitting down with some of the younger guys to prepare them for what they'll be faced with.
Everybody loves the backup.
I stay motivated no matter what.
First of all I'm not a fan of Twitter. Nothing against their program or what they have, but as an athlete I think you need to get off of Twitter.
What I've come up with is that I just need to be me.
As a quarterback your job is to drop back and give it to the open receiver, let them run. Obviously, there are times when you get some pressure and you have to make decisions, step up in the pocket and buy time for your receivers and deliver the ball.
No way will I put my family and my life on the TV or be involved with something like a dating show or any type of reality show.
That's the thing: To be successful in the NFL, you have to start by having a quality coach and a quarterback that can kind of lead the team. If you have the trust of the quarterback, then you can build everywhere else.
I think sometimes people look to players to act out, speak loudly, pretty much be an idiot. But that's not me.
There's not that many African-American quarterbacks, so we have to do a little bit extra. Because the percentage of us playing this position, which people didn't want us to play... is low, so we do a little extra.
Everybody's got a serious side and everybody's got a fun side.
For me to bully anybody, that sounds unbelievable.
My numbers are better than Troy Aikman, but he has Super Bowl rings and he's played with Hall of Famers as well.
Making it to the Final Four, you feel like you're watched on campus. You're in the classroom, professors are talking about it.
It's sad that we have to be measured by how many championships we win.
I've talked to other players that have been to the Super Bowl and about what happened the next year. Everybody becomes stars. Everybody feels like, 'I'm the man.'
Michael Jordan was criticized. Barry Bonds was criticized. Some of the greats in every profession have been criticized. Not everything is peaches and cream.
When you're the older guy, everybody talks about you. When you win, everybody talks about you. When you lose, everybody talks about you.
