Ryan Fitzpatrick Quotes

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.

I had a lot of doubt coming into my career about being an elite point guard in this league.

Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.

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.

That was...that was choking. You're right. But of course when you play against (Roger) Federer, he's No. 1 in the world, he won three grand slams last year, and he's just full of confidence. It's difficult to do anything regular to beat him. You have to do something extra to be able to have the chance to beat him. Set points, I had six of them and I couldn't take one. But I was close.

Whenever I hear people crying about Kobe yelling at people in practice or wondering whether or not LeBron is best friends with his teammates, I just roll my eyes. You know how many off-court conversations I had with the Zen-Master Phil Jackson in my entire time with the Lakers? One.

That's what I need to work on - my charisma in front of people.

I'm not Ed Reed. I'm Eric Weddle, and you're going to get a great Eric Weddle that does a lot of amazing things on the football field. And there's no pressure; pressure is self-inflicted.

Sometimes self-esteem affects you on and off the pitch. Until you face your next game and you miss an easy chance, for example, then you feel not as great.

I was a player in the Arena League, I was building relationships with that internship.

Of course, I know that I have some qualities. I think I can run a lot, that I'm physically well but if I have other qualities I will leave other people to speak about me.

It was a huge confidence builder to stand in front of 34 21-year-olds and explain something to them every day.

I may not always be the guy that's talking the most, but I think just how I walk around and how I play, people see that I'm having fun, enjoying it.

I expect to play at an All-Star defensive level, and everything else will come.

At 75 percent, I personally feel I can be one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

I know what I do, I know I can play football, and I know I can talk about it.

The basis of my confidence is that I wasn't a talented player. I was a talented human being. At school, I always had good figures. I was the captain of all my football teams. I studied physical education at the Academy, so I learned to analyse, to observe, and to take decisions.

I'm a smart QB.

Every year that I have under my belt, I'm a lot more confident and a lot more prepared for the challenges of being a manager.

Northern Arizona was a job no one had ever survived, and a lot of people said I was crazy to take it. But to build a program and win there gave me a lot of confidence when people said we couldn't do it at Pitt.

When I talk, people listen.

I need to be more aggressive, more vocal, be a better defender. I've worked on all those tirelessly.

College football and particularly the quarterback position is a performance-based deal.

I really never saw an obstacle for me in taking leadership positions because, in a very ridiculous way, I thought, 'If Mary Robinson can do it then why can't I?'