Steve Young Quotes

Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays.

Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism.

I've said for many, many years, as long as I can ever remember, when I'm asked, 'Hey, what do you look for first in a quarterback?' The first thing I look for is accuracy, because the rest of it doesn't matter.

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

Obviously, I love the idea of athletic quarterbacks.

As you progress high school, college into the league, you can tell the difference between quarterbacks with their timing and the way the ball comes out of their hand.

Donovan McNabb has great, fast feet and has learned to lock them in to run the Eagles' offense effectively.

Aaron Rodgers - I love the way he scrambles and how he plays the game - he always makes great decisions with the ball.

I've played with some of the best that have ever played, obviously. I don't know if there is anybody that is a better technician than Peyton Manning. Tom Brady is another quarterback that I was fortunate enough to play with for a bunch of years.

A guy like Drew Brees is a guy that knows how to undress a defense. Most of the time he knows where he's gonna go before he even gets the ball. So he's ready to deliver that ball almost as soon as it comes to his hands.

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.

In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.

Playing quarterback is hard enough.

I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.

I like to think I'm pretty close in comparison to Aaron Rodgers. He's very athletic and gets the ball out quickly. He's very knowledgeable of the game, controls the offense totally, and that's something I try to do. Just know the offense inside and out.

I would never bet against Peyton Manning. You know about the age and the neck and the strength. But I had George Blanda, and as he got older, he got smarter, and he just got rid of the ball quicker. I watch Peyton, and I see George Blanda.

When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.

Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.

If you can grab a ball and throw it, you can grab a ball and throw it. I don't care how tall you are, either. I'm not gonna see over a 6-foot-7 left tackle. You've gotta find lanes; you've gotta know where your guys are. It's not about the height: if you can win ball games, you can win 'em.

Look at guys like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. Those guys have great arms, but people talk about them more as a quarterbacks and the intellectual side of the game and how they really dissect defenses - and then the arm is something else that helps them with that.

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

Cam Newton, his best throw is better than anybody's best throw. I'm gonna say that right off the bat. But I will take consistency over volatile play any day of the week.

I'm good at extending plays and finding throwing lanes.

It's not always statistics that determine the best player, especially the quarterback.

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.