Kurt Warner Quotes

If there was no Bill Bowerman, there would have been no me. He had about as much of an impact on my life as any one person could have. He taught me about competition and ingrained it in me. He taught me not to praise ordinary performances.

Basketball to me is more than a passion or a paycheck - it is the tool I use to try to have an impact in the world.

He's a big player, and the big players score the big goals and make the big contributions in the big games. That's what determines a great player. That's what Steven Gerrard is.

Kurt Warner is not who he is without the city of St. Louis.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

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.

People are the key to success or extraordinary success.

I know I'm the No. 1 quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and that's all that matters in my heart. That's all I wanted. I wanted a team that wanted me, and I found that.

I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback I can be and get the most out of my potential.

We're in a leadership position in sports. People look up to the National Football League.

I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives as well.

After the smoke clears, I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here. I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club.

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.

Everybody is going to be excited to play in a Super Bowl. When you still enjoy the preparation and the work part of it, I think you ought to be still doing that. I think as soon as I stop enjoying it, if I can't produce, if I can't help a team, that's when I will stop playing.

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.

Those who have achieved success in football have a degree of responsibility to be open and honest about our 'calling,' our passion.

I always thought that I played better when I was the captain. If you look at my record during the six years I was captain - except for a couple of series - I did very well.