Doug Flutie Quotes

I had a great time in the NFL. To make it in the amount of time that I did was awesome; it's a dream come true, and hell, it gave me the opportunity to go wrestle.

I feel so fortunate, so honored, to have played this game that I love for so long, with so many great players, and in front of so many wonderful fans. I fulfilled a childhood dream the first time I stepped on an NFL field, and the league did not let me down one time.

My pops played for the Packers for five years.

I had the best job in the NFL.

Playing in the NFL was a dream come true.

I wanted to be in the situation where I could have a chance to go to the NFL and be a great quarterback and take care of my family.

Being a part of the NFL for 30 years was a blessing.

The NFL has been good to me.

I love preseason games. They are fun to me because you get to go out there with guys that are on the NFL field for the first time and playing against guys who are going to be on the field for the first time.

I think it was fantastic being in the 49ers Hall of Fame.

I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not in a million years. I never thought I would play as long as I did, either, seventeen years from start to finish, with stops in Houston, Minnesota, Seattle, and Kansas City.

Making it to the NFL is a huge accomplishment. Making it in the NFL is a huge accomplishment, but I haven't done that yet. No matter how many games we've played, it's still hard to figure out when you've made it in the NFL.

It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions' players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization.

I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team in history. Once a Dallas Cowboy, always a Dallas Cowboy.

I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in the NFL and professional lacrosse for the Boston Blazers. I had an injury, so I had to stop so I could heal. But when I was playing football, I wasn't making a lot of money; I wasn't a superstar.

I don't know if there ever has been anyone in the NFL who plays his position as well as Steve Tasker.

Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.

In my very first NFL game, I completed my first pass to Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk.

After my time with a certain NFL team, I wanted to retire.

I really put the medical school thing on hold and really chased after my football dream. And I guess I'm still chasing. I'm eight years in the NFL, and I feel very fortunate to be where I am.

Believe it or not, my goal was always to play in the NFL.

If I have the opportunity to go to the NFL, I'm going to take it.

To be captain and win a lot at Juventus, to play for 20 years, to play in the World Cup, European Cup, I think I had a good career, no?

From the perspective of everything I went through to have played in four NFL games, it was one of the best experiences of my life.

To have six years of professional football under my belt already is really something.