Ryan Tannehill Quotes

Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that's a negative, but I think it's a real positive. You have the ball in your hand every time when you're a quarterback. Whether you're handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that's extremely important.

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

Ultimately, the yards really don't matter. So you have to score enough points, and I have been fortunate in my career to have been around some really good play callers, starting with Gary Kubiak and then going with Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay, and that was always at the forefront of our minds: How can we create explosive plays?

While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently.

I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There's times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you're passing it.

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

If you're a quarterback and you keep throwing interceptions, you change quarterbacks.

If you're winning and can stay on the field offensively and move the ball, that's what we want.

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.

That's all I want to do - win games. Stats will come. That's the player I am. But I would rather win games.

You look at Matt LaFleur and where he's been. It seems like successful quarterback play follows him.

You've got one football and a lot of times, defenses dictate where the ball goes.

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

Quarterbacks will make plays; they always do. But I think the team that runs the ball the best will win.

A quarterback should be leaders of the team.

Certainly our job as an offense to try to score points and that's running the ball, throwing the ball, whatever it is. Somehow, someway we've got to try to score points to help our team win. That's where the focus is and it's pretty easy just to focus on that.

If your quarterback can't make plays in certain situations for you to win games, he's not getting the job done.

There's always going to be a lot of distractions in the NFL - that's just how it is; it's on the biggest stage - but really focusing on what I have to do now to help my team win, help me be at my best physically when I'm out there on the field and mentally, because that will ultimately help my team no matter what role I'm playing.

We used to establish the run and wear teams down and try not to make mistakes, and we'd rely on our defense to keep us in the game and make big plays to put us in position to win. Kyle Orton might not be the flashiest quarterback, but the guy is a winner, and that formula worked for us.

I feel like, even if a guy is covered, I can put the ball where it needs to be so we can have a successful play.

You have to go out there and do your best and help the team win.

I love everything about being a quarterback. The ball is in your hand at every play. You can have a huge impact on the game. It is a challenge.

I'm a Tom Brady guy to the fullest. I love the way he manages the game, his mindset. He always works with less. He doesn't always have the best receivers, but he's going to make it work.

Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as whether he actually does it or not.

Any time you can get the ball back to the offense and they put points on the board, you can win games.