Dan Fouts Quotes

If you're playing for 10 or 15 years, you can't every week run six option plays. It can be around. It can be a part of the game, but sooner or later you've got to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the game. Now, if the game changes, and it's proven a championship can be won from the pistol spread, then I'm wrong.

It's easy to sit in the press box and say, 'Hey, they should run the ball.' Come down and stand on the sideline with me and make decisions. You should run it here, you should pass it here, let's throw a screen here, let's get the quarterback out of the pocket right here.

I've played long enough to know that certain games are certain ways. You're gonna throw it less in others, more in others, and just look at what the team needs that day to win a football game.

I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.

To win those big games you're going to have to complete some third-down passes, you're going to have to be able to get some explosive games in the passing game.

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've tried to get cute - and I don't mind saying tried to be cute - at the quarterback spot.

You've probably heard from 100 different people that the Patriots are a game plan offense. Here's what that means: We're going to watch the defense specifically to identify their tendencies, what they do situationally and what their philosophy is.

You can learn a lot from Pep Guardiola. From pre-season to the match itself. He has a vision of the game that is impressive.

In high school, you don't play much defense. It's mostly offense. In college, it's vice versa, and that's what I tried to do.

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.

In college, I was making a lot of presnap reads. It was much easier.

I think as a play-caller, you have to just go out there, rely on your guys that you have that are out there, rely on the fact that they have ability. And as a quarterback, you have to go out there and just go through your reads.

Pass a lot, use some reverses and toss in a gadget play once in a while for the TV audience. None of that detracts from winning.

Listen, I want to win football games; whatever's going to help us win.

All quarterbacks, each play is its own entity, and you can pick apart each play. Sometimes they do a good job getting to the checkdown, and sometimes they progress faster.

You have to attack to get corners, no? Winning by scoring strategic goals doesn't bother me - it's part of the game.

No-huddle is something that I'm very comfortable with.

Basketball is basketball, so from a strategic standpoint, having a players' perspective is valuable.

I think there's a lot that goes into an offense, obviously.

LeBron's probably the best player in the world, so you just have to make it tough for him, make him take tough jump shots and things like that.

Sarri taught me football. He is a coach I really like, well-prepared and even scientific in the way he analyses games.

I was struck by the ideas of Sarri, when you see them from outside you get a certain idea but when you are inside you understand the intelligence of a coach who has brought new ideas.

You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.

It's kind of boring to me if teams never throw the ball.