Drew Brees Quotes

I really try to pride myself on route running, catching and being able to be a mismatch anywhere on the field.

People call me Wayne Wonder and it also goes back to football because I could do mad skills with the ball and people would marvel and wonder how I could do it.

Jaelen Strong's big. He runs really good routes. He's got great hands.

Something I really pride myself on is not just being a running back that can catch the ball but if I move out to the slot, I become a receiver.

Cris Carter and Randy Moss - they're the guys who made me want to play football and be a receiver.

The Raiders took me fourth overall because they had a certain need, and that was for me to come in and play man-to-man, bump-and-run all day, to guard the best receiver. You understand your job going in, so that's what you focus on. Would I have liked to play receiver and go both ways? Yep, would have loved to have done that.

I just wanted to prove that I can play wide receiver at a high level.

I like the way Michael Crabtree plays the game. He's strong, he goes up for the ball, he has that mentality to just make plays.

I think I'm the best wide receiver in the NFL.

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

Tight end is one of the hardest positions to play in football. It's right up there with quarterback and cornerback. You have to have the skills of a wide receiver and the strength of an offensive lineman, and it's not easy to balance those two.

Playing in Milan for me meant being able to play alongside players who were idols to me as a kid. Playing alongside David Beckham - his long passes are perfect for me.

I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane - a humble guy who just happened to be the best.

I make plays in the passing game, blocking, doing everything.

I think I definitely have the mentality and skill set to be a top-five receiver, that's no doubt.

Pele has all the qualities and characteristic that a football player has to have.

If I'm out wide, and they put a linebacker on me, I think that's a mismatch every time, regardless of who is on me.

I think I throw the ball down the field pretty well, but I think I'm really accurate and make good decisions.

Once I got into the league, I liked to watch LaDainian Tomlinson. He was nice, man. Quick, strong, great eyes, able to catch the ball.

You have to be smart as a football player.

I like my kind of innate and natural ability in the pocket, and ability of anticipation, and all that stuff that's important when it comes to playing quarterback.

I know how to score goals. That's what I've done all my life, and that's what I'll continue doing.

For me to be able to play football was a gift.

Ronaldinho was a big influence on me, watching him on YouTube, he used to do things that other people didn't really used to do.

My head coach in Minnesota, Dennis Green, loved wideouts with plenty of size.