"We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback-driven league. We need the Peyton ..." — John Madden

Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across.

Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to the football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea.

I never professed to be perfect. I do something wrong or something stupid, I laugh at myself.