Top 95 Quotes & Sayings by Donovan McNabb - Page 2

I think sometimes people look to players to act out, speak loudly, pretty much be an idiot. But that's not me.

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.

For me to bully anybody, that sounds unbelievable.

Everybody's got a serious side and everybody's got a fun side.

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 stay motivated no matter what.

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.

Everything I say, I expect backlash from it.

I've learned since childhood that you control only the things that you can control. Everything else, let it take care of itself.

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.

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.

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.

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 need to go out and play football and have fun. If I do that, then everything will be fine.

What I've come up with is that I just need to be me.

I hated being compared to anybody.

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.

Chase Daniel is not a bad player.

I never agreed too much about players talking about former teammates when they go somewhere else. I've never been a fan of that.

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.

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.

You see great players, Hall of Fame players that didn't stay with their team.

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.

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.

I don't look back and regret anything.

I try to handle myself with dignity.

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.

But if you're coming off ACL surgery, you don't need to be having a press conference at OTAs. Every week? Really? It becomes a circus, a sideshow. It takes away from the focus of what those sessions are supposed to be about: the team.

I feel I rise to the occasion when the pressure's on my shoulders.

Patience and rest are key. Knowing how your body feels. You're the only person that knows how your body feels. The way of going about it is expressing it to your trainers and your coaches so you won't damage anything else.

If you don't feel you're the best, then you shouldn't be doing your job. No one else cares if you don't care about yourself.

The Jets tried this whole garbage with Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez and it got them nowhere.

It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.

There's no relief, really, for me. I have relief after the Super Bowl. I set a goal to win the Super Bowl and that's where I'm going with it.

Know why I smile so much out there? It's because I'm having so much fun.