Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Leinart

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Matthew Stephen Leinart is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football at USC, where he won the Heisman Trophy and led his team to an undefeated season as a junior, culminating with a victory in the 2005 Orange Bowl. Selected 10th overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2006 NFL Draft, Leinart primarily served as Kurt Warner's backup for four seasons. He spent his final three seasons in a backup role for the Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders. Leinart was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017.

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I thought Houston was a small and good stepping stone for me to get my career back on track and get a chance to compete somewhere and get that opportunity to start.

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I get to go to the Super Bowl.

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A lot of people don't think I can play. It doesn't really bother me, truthfully. If anything, it just motivates me. It makes me work harder, makes me kind of have a chip on my shoulder.

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Look at Willis McGahee. Perfect example. Totally shredded knee. Comes back and gets picked in the first round. It's pretty hard to have a career-ender, unless I have a neck thing. But either way, I know I'm insured.

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I could have become a distraction, pointed fingers, complained, or I could have just worked hard and been prepared, knowing I'm one play from getting in. And that's the road I've taken.

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To an outsider, understanding an NFL playbook is like trying to read Japanese.

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This is what I feel like I was born to do is play football, and I love it.

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I'm hard on myself but I'm just hoping I can go out there and be able to make mistakes and learn from them and not have to worry about what's said and what's going to happen.

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I would like to see more pictures of what athletes are doing, like in People. Show athletes hanging out with each other, eating lunch, out on a date.

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Brett Favre was one of my favorite players. Joe Montana, obviously, was great.

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I've never made an excuse with my time in Arizona. It just didn't work out for whatever reason.

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Without linemen like Orlando Pace, quarterbacks wouldn't be anything.

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I don't pay too much attention to people talking about what goes on in the celebrity world.

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It seems like every preseason there is something I'm trying to get through.

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You kind of look at the timeline of what has happened to me and with having a pretty good rookie year and the second year getting the injury and Kurt Warner played himself into the Hall of Fame in the last 3 years. There's not a lot I can do about that. I battled with a Hall of Famer two training camps in a row.

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I have tons of Air Force Ones. Luckily, I'm with Nike, so I get tons of different shoes.

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Every day is different in real estate, which is why I love it.

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I liked Steve Young, but if I had to name one all-time favorite, it's Brett Favre. I'm a fan of the game, I'm a fan of everybody, but Brett Favre is on top.

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Hoopsters always look smooth. I'm definitely not smooth! I'm definitely not up there with those guys.

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I love getting dressed up in a nice suit every once in awhile, but every day, I'm in jeans or sweats and a T-shirt. I'm not a big fashion-type guy.

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I don't know how we judge performance when you have 13 pass attempts to the other guy's 40.

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I'm always playing Madden, Halo, and College Football. If I'm at home, chances are I'm playing one of those three. I've had every videogame console since Nintendo.

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I've always known being a professional athlete is tough, let alone being a quarterback in the National Football League. There's a lot on you, a lot of pressure on you to succeed. You take the glory and you take the falls, but that's what I signed up to do.

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People can think what they want, but the important thing I've always said is what my family sees and knows, and what my team and coaches know. My team and my coaches know that I work my butt off, that I'm in every day lifting weights, studying, even at home.

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In L.A., when I was there, I really felt beloved. But the minute you get out of there, it's like everyone else hates you.

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In real estate, if you're hustling and maintaining a good work ethic, you'll get deals.

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Everyone's made mistakes in their life. It just so happens my mistakes are out in the open. But you learn.

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There are some sacrifices you have to make being a quarterback in the National Football League.

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I can get dolled up and have some fun from time to time, but I'm a freaking sweats-and-shorts kind of guy!

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I've got a big future ahead of me. I'll be ready to play when my number's called.

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Pretty much everywhere I go, people recognize me.

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Every year, I make it my goal to learn something new, but I never end up sticking to it.

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I'm easy to please. I just need a bed and video games, and I'm set.

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I know some teams thought I was too Hollywood.

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Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Leinart

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