When you say was it you being silly or letting yourself go, or is it you being intense? I would say it was me being me. I would say that me being me is probably yes to all of that. So having fun, playing with passion, it matters to me, competitive.
— Kirk Cousins
I had a phenomenal six seasons in Washington and really can't say enough good things about my experience there. It’s tough to move on from teammates, from everyone involved in the organization, from coaches and teammates, to the chaplain, to even friends in the community, our neighbors.
The accumulation of knowledge is a powerful thing.
What impact are you making, not only today, but for eternity? What impact are you making to leave a legacy?
I'm not a guy who wants to skydive and open my parachute at the last minute. I want to open my parachute right away and know what's coming.
When I come home from work, if I just played a really good game and I’m on top of the world, I think changing a diaper will humble me pretty quickly. On days when I struggle, I'll come home and I'll realize that it’s not the end of the world.
I got a small window of time to be an NFL quarterback. Some day when I'm done playing I can sit back and look at what we accomplished, or how does it feel, or what's it like.
I just don't get my hopes up. I don’t expect too much from people in the league because you just never know what could happen.
To have a platform to make a difference ultimately, which is what I want to do with my life, we've got to win football games. When you’re highly paid and your losing, no one really cares what you have to say.
And I think at the end of my life, it's not going to be about what I did for myself, but what I did for others. Maybe it's staying after practice to do hand signals with the guys to help them get caught up to speed. To make it about others - I think that's what leadership is all about, quarterbacking is all about.
I'm totally cool being self-deprecating.
I haven't had a chance to pick where I wanted to play since 2007 when I chose to go to Michigan State.
Every player looks forward to free agency.
Ultimately, I've just got to keep playing football and try to do it the best I can and try to continue to be a high-level quarterback, and if I do that, trust that in the long run things will work out.
Like everybody else, I am naturally selfish, and so I'm going to think about myself.
I've never been one to just let everyone see what I’m about, so sometimes there is a misperception.
