Top 115 Quotes & Sayings by Carson Palmer

Fear of failure always drives me.

The best part of gameday is when kickoff finally happens. The worst part is going through all warmups and stretching and waiting and waiting for the game.

8-8 is like winning the Super Bowl for the organization in Cincinnati.

Guys are getting so big, so fast, so explosive. The game's so violent.

You can't just hope you draft well and not go after free agents and you end up in the Super Bowl. You got to go get it.

I could throw a million hitches.

Nobody gets hit in college. You get hit onevery single play in the NFL.

You don't have a real rivalry unless both sides are great teams.

You can't win the big game until you win it.

Playing quarterback in the National Football League, getting to the Super Bowl is an incredible challenge.

I've spent a number of years hoping and wanting to get somewhere, where an organization is willing to do whatever it takes to win because it's not like that everywhere.

Everyone talks about the good old days, when guys were tough and quarterbacks got crushed all the time, but back in the day, there weren't defensive ends that were Mario Williams - 6-7, 300 pounds, 10 percent body fat, running a 4.7 40.

You can make that money off the field that you're missing on the field by doing endorsements with Sleep Number and Nike and Campbell's Chunky Soup and all the other ones you see Dak doing.

I'm a wide-open book. I talk to guys coming out in the draft every year. I'm a wide-open book. I'll give you my experiences. And I'll tell you what I went through. But I would never project on another player that you should do this or you should do that.

I'm not a glass-is-half-empty person.

Playing quarterback is a glamorous job. It's awesome. It's everything I dreamed it would be. But after a while, it loses its glamour. Somewhere along those 15 years, it becomes a job. Especially at the end, it became work. Game day was awesome, but all the rest of it was work.

There's a lot of people that care for me and I'm very fortunate for that.

I enjoy working to prove doubters wrong.

When the Broncos or the Steelers are winning everybody wants defense. When the Rams and Saints are scoring 50 points a game, it seems everybody is looking for a young offensive mind.

When you have to worry about some idiot making the decision on a roster move, or hiring coaches, or some of the stuff you have to worry about... when you have that added pressure and stress of not trusting the organization and knowing that they don't know what they're doing, that's just an added amount of stress you don't need as a young player.

In this league you have to throw sidearm sometimes; you're going to have to drop your arm, move while shuffling your feet. You're never going to be set.

Quarterbacks running in the SEC typically translate over well to the pro game. If you can run, take off and get 10 yards here and there against SEC defenses, there's a good chance that you can do that at the NFL level as well.

I'm not a negative person.

There's nothing like adversity to fuel the fire.

My favorite receiver of all time? You can't pick a favorite receiver.

At some point, you're going to be in third-and-13 or third-and-9 and you have to throw the ball down the field.

The thing with diva receivers is, they're productive. It's not like they're the third-string receiver who catches 40 balls for 612 yards a year.

I fell in love with having my feet in the water and a fly rod in my hands.

I have buddies who say, 'Where are you living ? Wyoming or something? Don't you still have a house in California?' I tell them we live in Idaho, and you can see it on their face and sense it in their voice: 'Um... O... K.'

I think it's important, whether it be learning from how a guy takes care of his body, how a guy studies, how a guy is a mentor, how a guy is a leader, you take bits and pieces that fit the person you are and you don't try to be somebody you're not.

You're judged on Super Bowls, and that's the standard.

If I could be anything, it would be a professional basketball player.

Over the years, I've had teammates who decided to hang it up and I would ask them how they knew when it was time to walk away. The answer was almost always the same: You just know.

Crowds, I'm not good in crowds. I almost had a mental breakdown, I almost lost my cool at Disneyland one time when the park was closing, and I turn around and saw just a sea of people coming at me and a stroller full of kids.

I love the preparation, the excitement of game day, the nervousness of game day. But I enjoy the day-to-day stuff. Game day is a great day but I enjoy Mondays and Tuesdays, watching yourself on film, watching the next opponent, getting the game plan.

In order to win in the NFL... you've got to be desperate to win a championship.

I don't have to play football for money.

Extra thick skin is something every Bruce Arians' quarterback needs to have because the stuff he says to media is rated G compared to the stuff he says to your face on the sideline and after the game in the locker room and throughout the week.

I think it's really difficult for a young team to beat an experienced quarterback like Philip Rivers twice in one season.

I love Dak's game. I think he's great.

I mean that's most guys' dream is to play for their childhood team.

I think Burrow is gonna be a great NFL quarterback.

My five years in Arizona were so much fun because we were winning and I knew how to enjoy it because I knew the other side of it.

The truth of the matter is... somebody is going to die here in the NFL. It's going to happen.

I'm not a guy who can sit there and look at a diagram of a play and understand it.

I love the fans in Cincy. I want them to see their dreams and get what they want. They're as loyal as any fans in the country.

I don't like getting into hot cars when it's been sitting outside. You're already sweating and you get into the car and you're profusely sweating.

I love playing. I want to win a Super Bowl.

Especially after age like 34 or 35, the gym stuff I do not miss.

It's amazing that we can even do this - to use part of the body of someone who has passed on to help someone else walk or run or even keep their dream alive of playing sports again.

I do not miss the hours you have to spend preparing for the upcoming season in July, in March, April. I do not miss half my day being in the gym... to get ready to play.

You can make as much as the top-paid quarterback in the league when you're the Dallas Cowboys quarterback if you do take less.

The game has changed, the game is getting bigger, faster, stronger, and there needs to be more protection.

I've always kind of been even-keeled. I think that's a good trait for a quarterback to have.

I'm great at retirement. I'm excelling at retirement... I've loved every second of it.

I'd like to play free safety. It would be fun to read things out and break on the ball. I definitely would not want to play on the defensive line. I wouldn't want to be down there in the trenches.

I cannot stand the Buckeyes, and having to live in Ohio and hear those people talk about their team, it drives me absolutely nuts.

I'm a Hall of Famer at retirement.

I actually don't listen to CDs very often. I listen to the radio or if I do listen to a CD, it'll be a mix.

You can't let one game define you. You just have to move on.