If anybody should be a judge of quarterbacks, I've played with the most quarterbacks in NFL history throughout my first four years.
You have to have quarterbacks who can keep up with everybody else. And I'm not saying that just black quarterbacks can do that, but more black quarterbacks are given a chance because they fit the mold.
I played 'Mortal Kombat' competitively in arcades. Played for money at 10, hustling the 20-year-olds. Five bucks on whoever wins. Which, at 10 years old, is real money.
The quarterbacks that win... those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.
Kids are doing more in their offseason. That's what the college quarterbacks, the pro quarterbacks do. That's how you get better.
Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays.
The better quarterbacks are real consistent. Rookie quarterbacks are not.
If you look historically at the draft at quarterbacks in the top 10, about half of them flame out very quickly.
I really enjoyed the period in which I played my cricket. I can look back now and wish I started 10 years later and played in the T20s. But I also wish I was born 10 years earlier so that I could have been part of the all-conquering West Indies team of that time.
I knew my chances of playing beyond college were extremely slim. You just don't see too many 5-foot-10 quarterbacks out there.
I think there are different kinds of quarterbacks, and if you look at any offense, there are different kind of quarterbacks, but you play to the strengths of whoever the quarterback is for the team.
I'm not your typical quarterback. I don't like when people say, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to run,' or, 'Quarterbacks aren't supposed to work out a certain way.'
People think I played 10 years. I played 68 ball games.
People think I played 10 years. I only played 68 games.
Third-string quarterbacks, fourth-string quarterbacks - they get their opportunities, and they shine.
I think it's great just to be around great quarterbacks who have played in this league for a long time because everybody wants to.