Steve Young Quotes

The team aspect of football and just playing quarterback, having the ball in your hands, having to make the plays, that was definitely something I loved.

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.

It all goes through the quarterback.

I handled myself as a quarterback in the manner I thought necessary.

Quarterback - it's a boring, monotonous position that revolves around consistency.

I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.

The bottom line is that it's the NFL, and there's going to be competition wherever you go. That's the way I look at it. I've had competition in high school. I've had competition in college, and that's part of the game. That's part of how you improve as a quarterback.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.

It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.

It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's the coaching's job. That's what we're doing.

I'm a quarterback. I don't need to score the touchdown. I just need to spot the pass.

Of course managers win ball games.

My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so.

I like watching Tom Brady, not just because he's handsome - I get handsome; I understand handsome - but he's a fine leader, he's a great quarterback, and I like the team. I'm not going to apologize for that.

I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win.

You must be confident and on top of all the plays you call.

I'm kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

It's hard to do, but you've got to be able to get your team going and prepare each week and go out and play your best and hopefully it shows in the game.

The manager wants to show his tactics, and if I do them perfectly, he'll pick me.

I'm not too worried about points and all that stuff. It's about making the right play.

Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.

The ultimate factor in judging quarterbacks is winning games.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

A quarterback has to trust the quarterback coach. And the quarterback coach has to trust him.