Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Ryan Fitzpatrick

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American footballer Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Ryan Joseph Fitzpatrick is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. During his career, Fitzpatrick started at quarterback for nine different teams, the most in league history. He is also the only NFL player to have a passing and rushing touchdown with eight different teams.

Football is something so ingrained in me, something I love doing and definitely something I want to do.
Whenever Tua gets his chance, I'm going to be his biggest cheerleader.
I'm as competitive as they come. — © Ryan Fitzpatrick
I'm as competitive as they come.
You've just got to continue to prepare in the film room, continue to prepare running the game plan and doing everything on the practice field and hope that it translates.
I just go out there and throw. That's what I've done my whole life.
One thing that I've learned about myself is I have to trust what I see. And that maybe sounds silly, but there's things that I feel or see during a game that, you know, I used to explain it as I have an angel on one shoulder that's telling me to run the play and the devil on the other shoulder that's telling me really what I should do.
If the play-caller has confidence in you, you can feel it on the headset. You can feel it by the way he's calling plays.
I enjoy playing, especially when you're having success, when you're driving the ball down the field scoring touchdowns.
All I want to do is go out there and win.
I have zero ego.
I like Backgammon.
The Fitzpatrick home is happy when we're winning.
I try to be the same guy every day, no matter the situation, no matter the adversity. — © Ryan Fitzpatrick
I try to be the same guy every day, no matter the situation, no matter the adversity.
I feel like I have been a quick study in terms of picking up the different offensive schemes I have been exposed to. I think I offer a dependability and dedication that is very important to being successful.
I want to bring energy. I want my play to be infectious to other guys.
I have something to prove every year.
Just in terms of the demeanor and the approach and just making sure that I'm consistent in the way I do things - that is the biggest thing for me.
There were guys who helped me out when I was young.
At Harvard, I grew up a lot in terms of being able to deal with different types of people because where I grew up in Arizona, it's predominately white and predominantly Mormon families, so there's not a whole lot of diversity.
All I can do is play as hard as I can play, make as many plays as I can make and try to help my team win football games.
The two things that make you a good head coach in this league are if you can get the players to respect you and if you can come across with a clear, consistent message.
That's one of the things with a championship-caliber team, is how it deals with injuries.
I have horrible style.
Constantly getting knocked down and picking myself back up, the relationships I've been able to form with all the different people in the different cities, I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I've not had a career like Brady or Rodgers with all the Super Bowls and the incredible things they've done. But for me, the adversity made me who I am.
You never know what's going to happen in the NFL. That's probably the thing I've learned most - expect the unexpected and go from there.
The biggest thing in this game - to last - is to have belief in yourself. Because when the owner stops believing in you and the GM stops believing in you and the coaches stop believing in you, sometimes all you have is yourself.
I would much rather pass up on some of that guaranteed money... and bet on myself and just see what happens.
I just have to continue to prepare and try to be the best guy I can be every Sunday, whether that's coming off a good game or a bad game.
Coming to Harvard was an eye-opening experience because there's so much diversity on campus.
I've been called worse than a Harvard kid.
I have a unique perspective just from the career that I've had.
For all the ladies out there, I'm taken. I'm sorry.
Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.
There are so many things that I've just continued to get better at in my game.
I've had to work hard my whole life to gain what I have, and that's why I have such a fun time doing those things that nobody likes. Like squatting or hang cleans or getting up in the morning, because I think that I realize in the end what it's going to do for me and what it has done for me in the past.
That's why you play the game. You play the game for your teammates, who really want to play with and for you.
I like KenKen. — © Ryan Fitzpatrick
I like KenKen.
I think rather than further the stereotypes of me going into the league and being 'the Harvard guy,' I shattered those when I was a rookie and I couldn't call a play in the huddle.
I've had a different career than a lot of different quarterbacks, but this has been a career that I've loved and a position that I like being in.
Squats and hang cleans. I love them. You can just feel yourself getting bigger and better.
Any way that I can help the Harvard football program and Harvard is great.
I wasn't born this super, superior athlete.
For me, always being ready and knowing that when I have my opportunity, I have to go out there and do my best. My whole career has been like that. I try to do my best in putting my focus in what I can control.
I feel like the luckiest guy in the world sometimes, getting to go outside and play football with my friends.
I wouldn't trade my experience for anybody's.
I think, fortunately and unfortunately, I've got a lot of experience in playing for teams that have been in this situation where we lost a few games and we've got to stay the course, we've got to right the ship, and we've got to do all of that stuff.
I really enjoy helping younger guys out, because this league is about playing it forward a little bit. — © Ryan Fitzpatrick
I really enjoy helping younger guys out, because this league is about playing it forward a little bit.
It really all started in Buffalo, when it was cold, I wanted to see if I could grow facial hair and lo and behold it just kept growing.
Football is not a game about numbers. It's about wins and trying to go out and play better than the other team.
I never imagined even playing in the NFL. It seemed like a pipe dream.
There's a lot of things you can't learn unless you actually experience it.
It's not an easy game.
I'm just trying to be the best version of me that I can be.
Whenever I go to a new team the jabs about being a Harvard guy are always more prevalent. This is mainly because people don't know much about me other than being the Harvard guy that did well on his Wonderlic test. The more time I spend with people, the less the Harvard stuff comes up.
I've never been to playoffs.
It always helps when you're working out with other people, especially your teammates.
I find the game mentally challenging and really enjoy the chess match that occurs every week between the offense and the opposing defense.
I knew I had a long way to go with my mechanics.
I'm very proud of the fact I went to Harvard and I loved my four years there.
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