When you take shots downfield, you want to be good at them.
I think you have to enjoy the wins. If you're not enjoying the process, there's a problem. You're not doing it for all the right reasons.
As a quarterback, I always feel like it's my job to be that steady, calm presence in there.
Game day can be emotional, and there are a lot of ups and downs throughout a game, but as a quarterback, you have to be able to see the bigger picture, steady that ship, get all the guys focused in on the task at hand, and keep the thing moving.
As a quarterback, when you do have a three-and-out or things do not go right, you are the first one to know. You know more than anyone out there what went wrong and what needs to be corrected and don't necessarily always need to hear it when you come off to the sideline.
Instincts and fundamentals take over sometimes.
When the guys are playing well around you, you look good.
No quarterback goes out there and plays well on his own.
More often than not as a quarterback, your performance is a reflection of the guys around you. I've been fortunate to be around some pretty good guys.
If you're going somewhere, you want to go somewhere where you have a chance to have success.
In the pocket, you do have some protections, but you get out of the pocket, and defenders' eyes get big. Sometimes you learn that the hard way.
There is a strike zone in the pocket that's very clear. Can't hit QBs low, can't hit them high.
You play for your teammates; you play for each other.
When I watch good friends play, it's almost worse when you're watching, because you have zero impact: you have zero hand in what's going on. When I'm playing, you don't have that because I'm involved in it. I have some kind of say in what's going on.
That's what you want; that's what you want to play for: fans that are in it and want it as bad as you do.
I definitely grew up a Chargers' fan.
I used to make fun when I got into the league, and I couldn't believe these old guys that didn't know artists on the radio, like in the weight room.
You can always get better throwing the football.
As a QB, it's a team game, and you're all out there in it.
Losing is not fun.
