Al Davis
Football Coach, Executive
"The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard"
Quarterback quotes
Quarterback
43 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Bear Bryant
Football Coach
"Recognize winners. They come in all forms."
Burt Reynolds
Actor
"The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME!"
Paul Brown
Football Coach
"The test of a quarterback is where his team finishes."
Fran Tarkenton
Former Professional Football Player, Broadcaster
"Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better."
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"I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts."
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"A wide receiver like me wouldn't have won. The quarterback - or even the running back - always wins."
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"That's one thing you learn as a quarterback: focus. The better you are at focusing and the more you can continue to stay focused for a four-hour stage and really be zeroed in on what is happening, the better you play, the longer you play."
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"Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life."
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"When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar."
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"As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure."
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"Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays."
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