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Football Quotes by Steve Young

55 Football quotes by Steve Young

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He says being a quarterback takes every piece of him—emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually—like a demanding puzzle. The quotes mention calling plays, the heavy toll on the body and mind, and the teamwork that makes a city’s offense feel like art.

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I loved playing Green Bay.

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I've put football behind me.

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In the NFL, you're always facing an obstacle.

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Call me a quarterback, not a running quarterback.

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The principle is competing against yourself.

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My dad's an old football player.

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My wife hates football, and my kids don't really care.

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Obviously, I love the idea of athletic quarterbacks.

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Football's an intense game. I love that. It's awesome.

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If you exhaust every play out of the pocket, what happens is you find more opportunities.

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Most young quarterbacks are on the field because their team stinks.

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My generation, people who played with me, they're suffering from football.

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The truth is that in the NFL, the job is to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the job.

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Playing football in San Francisco was almost a transcendental experience.

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When fans showed up at Candlestick, there was a great sense of anticipation that they would watch not only winning football, but…

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The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy…

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Football, no one wants to ram into people. It's not human nature. You have to have a lot of incentive to ram…

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Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as…

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You have to take certain truths. One truth is that to have championship success in the NFL you have to learn to…

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The pistol isn't going to go away, but the job in the long run is going to be to deliver the ball…

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I'm telling you, studying for week to week in the NFL, and memorization, and reflexive recall... you have to drive it into…

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There's a negative effect when you run around without exhausting everything that happens with the play call.

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While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate…

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I think Tom Coughlin is an amazing motivator. When you look at his personality, you say, 'Oh, I don't know about that.'…

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Brett Favre plays for championships. That's the only reason he puts up with all of this stuff. He's going to start to…

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I don't regret any of the places I went in football. Everything gave me an experience or memories that I'll have forever.…

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I always look at the NBA as kind of a muddled mess in the regular season, and then you just get in…

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Just after I retired, Michael Vick came in. And just as background, I really thought the position had changed. I thought the…

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The demands of excellent NFL quarterbacking I always said took every piece of me, emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually. It was like it…

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I think when you look at the quarterback position, and this mastery of the craft we talk about, it really is an…

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First of all, I wish everyone who loved football could stand in the quarterback's shoes just for a play, because I think…

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I give NFL quarterbacks a lot of leeway for a couple of years,

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The great thing about football is that it's a game that involves so many people.

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I think I always wanted to be quarterback so I could call the play.

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I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback.

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I am the recipient of the best coaching that one person has ever had.

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I loved the expectation that every year we were going to the Super Bowl.

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When it's all over I might be able to say I've had the strangest career in pro football history.

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I always say football is very unnatural sport. Nobody loves to just ram into people.

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When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.

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My wife hates football, and my kids don't really care.

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My generation, people who played with me, they're suffering from football.

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If I could have my kids be great when the lights are on, whatever the moment is, to be accountable and then fix it,…

I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.

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Music saved my life a few times because I could play the stuff rednecks loved. They thought I was great and they wondered why…

Scrambling, when no one's around, getting down, getting out of bounds, taking a glancing blow, those are all fine. You can do that all…

I grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut.