Steve Young Quotes

My reads, operation with the offense, timing with the receivers, routes, sitting in the pocket, trusting my line - everything is always a work in progress.

You have to have a deep passing game within your offense. It's got to be incorporated in some form or fashion.

As an offensive lineman, having spatial awareness is key: understanding where the quarterback is going to be and understanding what the defensive end might do depending on the play we're running.

Plays are designed to attack certain coverages and schemes.

The other thing was that when I was at the University of Miami, we ran a pro-style offense and defense. I started each year by going to a pro training camp, I visited with various pro coaches, and I did this for five years.

The reason I do not like to have much passing in my offense is that when you throw a foward pass, five things can happen and four of them are bad.

I'll make changes at receiver before I make a change at the quarterback.

The quarterback has to get rid of the ball quickly, so there's not a lot of time to make moves to gain separation.

You have to learn the playbook inside and out. You have to learn code words for each play. You have to learn defenses.

We have what we call a dictator offense. We dictate to defenses by making them do what we want them to do. And we do it by creating formations.

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 actually watched Tom Brady a good amount in college. My coach in college was Kliff Kingsbury, and he actually was a backup for Brady at one point, and so he showed me things that he liked with Tom and his pocket movements and stuff he did within the pocket that I've tried to put in my game a little bit.

I've been in three offenses in the NFL. I think I'm pretty good now.

Since Mark Richt took his offense from Florida State to Georgia, Florida State has been floundering. They have no identity. They have a bunch of plays, but they have no system and no philosophy.

At some point, you're not going to be able to run the ball for 180 yards, even with the best running back in the NFL. That's when you have to be able to throw the ball.

I think the number one job as a quarterback is protecting the football.

My last two years at Fresno State were 100 percent no-huddle, and I love it. I'm very comfortable in it.

In college, I was a running QB. We were a sprint out offense, so I had a big transition going into pro ball.

I'm a drop-back passer, and those seldom win Heismans.

When I scramble and do those things, I try to look downfield, look for the playmakers, put it in their hands, and let them make all the big plays happen.

I don't want to get good at throwing off schedule because I don't want to be off schedule. I want to have my protections to be solid, I want to be in the right play, and I want to get the ball out of my hands as quick as possible.

The truth is that in the NFL, the job is to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the job.

My job is to make the quarterback position as easy as we can.

What quarterback doesn't like some speed on the outside?

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.