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In Detroit, the quarterbacks lift with all the linebackers and running backs and everybody else, so I'm doing that whole thing.
There are times when you need a strategic quarterback who has a proven record, and certainly, Colin Kaepernick is one of those.
Playing football helped me a lot. Just reading the quarterback's eyes and reading receivers, figuring out what they want to do.
If you have to name me starting quarterback to go be a starting quarterback, then I probably have some issues I need to address.
Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.
That's what we're here for as quarterbacks is to help our team win, lead the offense down the field and put points on the board.
The disconnect between [offensive coordinator] Todd Haley and [quarterback] Ben Roethlisberger is so blatant you can just see it.
I think I'm just an OK quarterback. But I feel like I can throw the ball pretty well, and I feel like my work ethic separates me.
Kids are doing more in their offseason. That's what the college quarterbacks, the pro quarterbacks do. That's how you get better.
I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.
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.
As a quarterback, you have to have a short memory. Don't lose your confidence, and stay within yourself. Don't try to do too much.
If anybody should be a judge of quarterbacks, I've played with the most quarterbacks in NFL history throughout my first four years.
I wanted to be in the situation where I could have a chance to go to the NFL and be a great quarterback and take care of my family.
If you are going to be a starter in the NFL or a major-college program, you are going to have to beat out other great quarterbacks.
The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.
The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.
I am sure I lost out on a few million or more in money but I am happy with the team that I am on and the quarterback that I am with.
Point guard is like the quarterback. It's an IQ-judgment position. The great ones are not about themselves. They're about the others.
If he can basically prepare, be the starting quarterback, come in and execute and keep his head right, then I feel good about Weeden.
In a given year, there may be two or three NFL-ready quarterbacks at the college level. In another year, there literally may be zero.
That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.
There probably isn't another position in all of team sports that I can think of that has the same level of import as the quarterback.
I want to make sure that everyone knows, God has been my greatest quarterback and I've caught a lot more than 84 touchdowns with Him!
You name the sport, I've played it. I was quarterback for a football team one year, played volleyball, played softball - you name it.
Back in the '80s and '90s, you could hit the quarterback low, you could hit the quarterback high. You could hit him pretty much late.
I got three years invested in Brett Hundley, two years invested in Joe Callahan. The quarterback room is exactly where it needs to be.
I never want to be a father figure to my quarterbacks. I've got my own kids. I want to be the cool uncle you'd like have a drink with.
Quarterbacks are the leaders of the team, and I want to try to get guys going. That's a job of a leader. That's a job of a quarterback.
I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.
I've been playing this position since I was about 9 years old. For me, it's just, 'Come out here and be the best quarterback I can be.'
I'm just trying to be the best quarterback possible. So as long as I'm playing well and improving every day, I will just continue this.
When you are a free agent like I was, it definitely makes a big difference when you know there's stability at the quarterback position.
Anybody can be rattled. Tom Brady is a great quarterback, but at the end of the day, he is just a quarterback. It's not like he is God.
Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.
I'm going to play the quarterback position the way coaches install the plays; I'm going to go through the reads just like they install it.
I noticed a lot of dual-threat quarterbacks in the shotgun or in the pistol, a lot of them don't last forever. I want to be in the pocket.
Pilates works all the small muscles in your body and there's so much core that comes with it - and core is so important for a quarterback.
But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.
The quarterback position is a role of leadership, and I feel just who I am as a person, I bring different types of leadership to the table.
Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.
The world of football has changed. 'We're going to start a freshman quarterback!' 'Oooh really?!' That was taboo. It's not a shock anymore.
When you really think about it and look at the number of quarterbacks who come through the league, not many of them have Super Bowl careers.
There is obviously going to be a transition. There is a transition with every quarterback going from college to the NFL. I'm excited for it.
I think everybody individually does things a little differently. As a quarterback, every quarterback has their strengths and their weaknesses.
Matt Ryan does a great job of throwing the ball. No quarterback within the 20 to 25 yard range is throwing the ball any better than Matt Ryan.
I mean, if you told me I would be one of the quarterbacks of the New York Giants when I was 6 years old in kindergarten, I think I'd take that.
Number one, I tell the quarterbacks, do your job. You've gotta do your job before you can even worry about anybody else or any other situation.