Jared Goff Quotes

You take your shots when you have them, and I threw a lot of touchdowns, but I'm always going to take care of the football in the red zone.

We just got to capitalize in the red zone. Don't turn the ball over.

Not scoring in the red zone and turning it over, man, that gets you beat.

You better not kick a field goal if you have a lousy defense.

When we get in the red zone, we have the mentality that we're trying to get points. We're not satisfied with three points. We're trying to get touchdowns each time we get in there.

Like I always say, it's not how many great plays you make; it's how few bad ones you make. I know fans, and even some losing coaches, are enamored with long pass completions or the great run plays, but that doesn't offset the interception or the fumble.

I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That's kind of an old-school theory, but it has existed in this game.

To be efficient with the football in practice and on the game field obviously is the most important thing, but be efficient with the football, make smart decisions, be great on third downs, be great in the red zone, when the game's on the line in the fourth quarter - that's what I love.

You can't score if you're turning it over. It's like a punt. If you go out and you punt 12 times, you're not scoring points. That's not good. So, when you turn the ball over and throw interceptions, you're giving the other team more opportunities and your team less opportunities.

Any time a quarterback can protect the ball and not throw interceptions, that's huge.

If you don't take care of the ball in this league, I know it's tough to win.

I need to play smarter and protect the football.

Heaving up a blind pass to maybe pick up 10 yards, rather than throwing the ball away - I can't do that.

When you're dropping back and everything's going on, part of you wants to force it, but you have to make the right decision and not force the ball and sometimes throw it away.

I've got to be smarter with the football.

I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that.

It's my job, first and foremost, to take care of the football. Guys work their tails off. That's Football 101. From the time you play youth ball to high school, college, pro, every level, that's the starting point for every quarterback. You have to take care of the ball.

Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that's a plus. That's a plus decision. That's the way I've always graded it.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.

It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.

The game of football, especially in the NFL, is all about situations, and coming out on the big end of that stick.

Look at Baltimore back in 2000. They had an outstanding defense. They could run the ball, and they had a quarterback that didn't turn it over that much. I think that is a plan that can bring you great success.

I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.

If you pay a QB $10 million, you don't want him to run the ball.