Brooks Bollinger Quotes (34 Quotes)

No doubt they're a great defense, but it's going to be a heck of an experience and I'm looking forward to it, ... We're just going to go out there and give it the best shot we've got.

Naturally, it's not same opening the season No. 3 on the depth chart as it was starting for Central or Wisconsin, ... But you have to treat it the same, because you never know what will happen. One thing you learn very quickly in this league is that anything can happen, especially with quarterbacks.

We've been down this road before, and it gets harder every time. Any time you lose a game in this league, you go back to a play here and a play there that made the difference in the game.

It's hard to look at anything right now and feel good about it. You just look at the negatives. We've been down this road before and it gets harder every time.

Being a leader and a competitor is what made me successful in college. I know that doesn't get you any points in the NFL, but at the end of the day it's still about winning football games.

It's frustrating. I can't really put it into words. It's tough. I want to do well for these guys. I finally got an opportunity where I knew they were counting on me it was my time to make a contribution. And I didn't do enough for us to win today.

I'm just going to try and execute the plays that they call, knowing that I have an understanding of how to manage a football game and what I need to do to help the team win. I'm not trying to make it into rocket science.

This week will be a real good indication of who he is,

I definitely don't think anyone's expectations for me are going to be too high for me to do anything, ... I don't know. I don't really care if they think I'm great or awful, it doesn't make a difference. Either way I'm trying to get the ball down the field and beat them.

I've learned that you best know the system you're in, ... I've found out that guys who play a long time in this league are good and smart, guys who learn different systems and who coaches are able to trust.

They've got guys all over the place that are great football players. They do a lot of different things, ... We're definitely going to have to play well and be sharp on our game plan.

The offense didn't perform the way we needed it to, ... and I take that on my shoulders.

They all hurt. And when you've had as many as we have, it gets harder and harder.

He wants to be a starter in the NFL. It's tough to look to the future, ... but I feel I have the talent to be a good starting quarterback in this league. Physically, I can make all throws I need to make, it's just a matter of doing it when the time presents itself.

This is so tough, ... People on the outside don't realize how tough it is to get to the playoffs. Last year, we were one victory away from a championship game.

Right now, I'm doing everything the Jets ask me to do, and I'm part of this team, ... But in the grand scheme of things, you can only control what you can control, and I have no control over in the future, if the Jets want me, or someone else wants me.

Every time I can go out there and show those guys that I can function out there, it's going to breed confidence in them, and that's a big part of being a quarterback, ... They can't believe in you until you go do it.

It shows you how small the margin of error is. In this league, you can't miss by much. I needed to stand up and stop the bleeding and make a play and didn't do that.

It's the head coach and he's right. Period. Who am I to say what we need to do Things had in a quick period of time gotten pretty bad.

I'm sure he was being generous. My guess is that it was a horrible snap. It seems to crop up at the worst times.

On the one deep touchdown by him, it was just a great job by him of recognizing the coverage and getting downfield and getting his head around. He made a tremendous play on that one.

The first game back after a long time off, that's certainly a concern. The first pass I threw, I had zip on the ball, and I put it where I wanted to. I felt good from there.

We have to go out and play, too, we have to attack teams. That has nothing to do with the play calling. Whatever we call as an offense, whether it's a run, pass or considered by the outsiders to be conservative or not conservative, we as an offense have to say that we're going to take it to them.

I had a little bit of success, and success leads to confidence. We need that to carry over and get better.

You are just kind of chasing, fighting against yourself, trying to get yourself better and not knowing if or when your time is going to come,

My job is to fulfill the role that they give me. That doesn't mean I always like it, but again, if they tell me I'm going in, if they tell me I'm not, I'm going to be the best No. 2 and be ready to go in case something does happen. I'm going to do my job according to what they tell me what my job is for that week.

The disappointment comes from letting these guys down in the locker room. I feel like I could've made a lot more plays.

I'm not the biggest guy or the fastest guy, and I don't have the biggest arm, ... I've always liked the underdog role, and I guess we have one this week. People aren't giving me a chance to do much.

I care a lot about this program and feel very fortunate to have been a part of it. It was a one-game playoff and we just threw everything out there.

It was a great experience, ... I certainly know I'm capable of it, and that always helps. Everybody has more confidence after they've done something.

Obviously I only have one head so I have to be careful,

He had some great plays today. I don't think that it was anything we specifically tried to do, but it's just what the defense dictated a couple of times.

I'd have to watch the tape.

A lot of good quarterbacks in this league have taken different routes to be a starter in the NFL, ... It's not always a straight line.