There's just a misconception that comes with being a dual-threat quarterback. You run first, throw second. I've proven I throw first and then run if I have to.

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.

You will find that success in life comes far easier when you maintain a cool head and a warm heart, rather than a hot head and cold feet.

There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don't talk about politics at all.

It's always a lot more fun as a quarterback if you can do things you don't normally get to do. So if I can catch a pass and make a play for the team, that's what I'm willing to do.

A lot of people have already labeled me the Savior.

No one coaches what to do after three seconds, after the quarterback's broken the pocket or he's been in the pocket for five, six seconds.

Unwilling to give-up & willing to fail. That's how you succeed.

I am not a f**king pleasure girl, damn you! I’m an officer!

Granddad offered me one hundred dollars if I would cut my mop of curly hair into a neat military style. Just before the wedding, I got a light trim. It wasn't enough for Granddad, and he didn't pay.

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

When you're a kid and your father is an engineer, he goes to the office. I saw my father get up and go to the office in the house and write. But I don't see any similarities.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

My winning is getting to perform. That's my victory.

And I think because there is an essence of me that cares about other people and what other people think then that then makes me seem very sweet and polite.

[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.

If people try to judge you or shame you for doing safe, consensual things that make you happy, I can guarantee you they're bad people.