STEVE YOUNG

A lot of what you get done in the NFL is by perception. They perceive you as really talented, and they worry about you. You've got to come out of the locker room with something.

As a kid, I was fearless during the day. But at nighttime, I needed to be home.

To play 18 years as a pro and have a great college career, it's awesome.

I've come to a real understanding of the enormity of what owner entrepreneurs do in founding great businesses. They are rare and a thing of art in many ways.

So the truth is, if there's a lesson to be learned from mobile quarterbacks, it is deliver the ball from the pocket, which demands mastery of the data that is involved working in the pocket, which is, 'I know everything about everything.'

Playing football in San Francisco was almost a transcendental experience.

I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback.

My wife hates football, and my kids don't really care.

Third and 10 down by four at Lambeau Field in the drizzling rain... two minutes left. There's nothing like that.

BYU I think had a philosophy of nameless, faceless athletes for the greater good of BYU which is fine. We all did our thing and we're grateful for it.

When it's all over I might be able to say I've had the strangest career in pro football history.

Peyton Manning, you look at his physical abilities, there are a lot of things that are middle of the road. But his mastery of the data allows him to be ahead. I love watching him because he throws the ball so proactively.

You have to take certain truths. One truth is that to have championship success in the NFL you have to learn to deliver the ball from the pocket.

I think when you look at the quarterback position, and this mastery of the craft we talk about, it really is an advanced degree. It's like going to med school, or law school, or getting your PH.D. It really is that type of educational effort, on the field and off the field.

I think Tom Coughlin is an amazing motivator. When you look at his personality, you say, 'Oh, I don't know about that.' But there's some ability he has to laser-focus a football team when it's most important. He seems to be a real valuable asset, kind of Knute Rocke almost.

I always say football is very unnatural sport. Nobody loves to just ram into people.

At the time I retired I was kind of known for it, as one of the guys whose career ended technically as a result of a big hit.

No one will ever say Dwight Clark was selfish.

It's hard to explain anxiety to those who don't experience it.

I'm a positive person.

Donovan McNabb has great, fast feet and has learned to lock them in to run the Eagles' offense effectively.

I can hit the whiskers on a cat with a football from a distance of forty yards.

I have a photographic memory that enables me to visualize what everyone in the huddle is supposed to do on each of the hundreds of plays in our playbook.

I am the recipient of the best coaching that one person has ever had.

I played 18 seasons. That's a lot. There is some that played more. Brett Favre I think played a couple more. There is a few. There is a few guys that played more, but not many.