Donovan McNabb Quotes (138 Quotes)

Obviously, it is tough losing a guy of his caliber, his ability, but I think we might be better off. ... Nothing against him and his attitude. It's just that when you get out there on the field, it's about playing together.

You just kind of want to make sure you get the right answer. Not to knock any of our medical staff, they do a wonderful job, but this is my job. This is what I love to do. If I can find a way to get healthy, be out there at 100 percent, that's my goal.

That's a big difference from last week, ... I hope we can use this as a little motivation. My chest is still sore, but this is an added bonus knowing the way we played today.

I thought it was a sincere apology.

I feel better obviously coming off a week's rest where you don't have to put wear and tear on your body,

I would love to say no, but I don't know, ... When I'm hurt, I don't focus on it. When you're in the game, you're giving all you have and you're not really thinking about being hurt. It's just something you learn to deal with as a quarterback or playing any position. You just have to get used to it and just keep moving on.

Obviously it's tough when you get one injury, but if it's multiple injuries, added with what's going on, it's tough,

What happened in years past doesn't matter. This is a much better Dallas team.

I definitely could have played a lot better, ... I'm sure the next game we'll have something better to talk about. The play to Westbrook, I anticipated him running a wider route, and that was a big mistake on my part. I have to make a better read on that play.

It still feels sore, but this is an added bonus knowing the way we played today. They'll continue to treat it and rehab it until it gets back to 100 percent.

We sit down every day. We sit down in the meetings.

He was comfortable out there, ... He was making some big-time throws.

I was just doing whatever I had to help my team win, ... Nothing is easy in this game especially when your body is in a position where you feel like can't do what you're used to doing.

It's good that I've been in the situation before where I've dealt with pain, I've dealt with soreness, dealt with injuries,

I think one thing that we have to do is we have to kind of just focus in on how we are on that field. That's kind of our domain. That's our place and when we're out on that field, you really can't tell who's disgruntled, who's upset, because everyone is kind of in their realm. And they get an opportunity to take a step forward and have fun.

But our relationship kept going in the wrong direction, now it's time to make good work with the guys we have here.

Understand that he's a great player. He can be a great person, let's not forget that. If you're mad at everybody, hey, you have your space. When we're on this football field, we're working together.

When everyone's off the field, I really can't speak on that. I can only just do my job -- and that's out there on that field, to make sure all the guys are happy, all the guys are enjoying themselves and we're coming out with a win.

There's no time to go wild. You have time to go wild in February. It's only about winning and moving on. Nobody was going wild early in the season when we were losing. So now, you just want to keep the ship moving.

I'm not going to just drop back every time and look for him. In this offense he may not get 100 catches, ... He won't get 147 catches, but he's going to have a great year and the rest of the guys are going to have great years.

What happened against Dallas is the past. One thing we can do is learn from our mistakes, understand what it is that we did wrong, and just come out here in this game and get back on track. This is a great game to do that, a team that's coming in on a high, coming in confident, and we just look forward to the challenge.

Childress moves guys around trying to confuse the defense, spreads the ball around so they can't focus on just one guy, ... We were able to execute it all year.

I thought I could get it in to Reggie, but the corner undercut and got there,

It was a very big win. Everything that could possibly happen to us happened in the first half. But just coming in the locker room, guys never thought we were down. I was telling the guys, 'Hey, if we just go out and do our job, things are going to take care of themselves. ... If we run our offense, they can't stop us.' And I think we showed that in the second half.

It is tough losing a guy of his caliber, his ability, but I think we might be better off. I think what we did tonight, we showed that we played well together. I think we also showed that when given the opportunity, guys can make plays for us.

It's not hard at all. We're both able to do it. Let's just not blow it way out of proportion. We were able to go out for the first time this preseason and be able to get our chemistry and our timing where we want them to be. There's obviously still some time for us to work on that. We were both excited, if we celebrated together or if we celebrated with our other teammates, whatever it may be. We communicated in a way that was suited to both of us.

I don't want to make excuses, ... I just didn't do my job the way I'm used to.

It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun, ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.

Come playoff time, you have to be ready to run the ball. Obviously, passing is great, but when it comes down to 4 minutes in the game, up by 10, you have to ice the clock, keep it inbounds, keep the ball moving and secure the win.

will heal, even without time off.

I don't regret anything that I've done or said, or the way I've handled it, ... We are role models and we are grown men. Things that I've done, I think my teammates understand.

I thought it was a sincere apology, ... It's unfortunate after the apology, what happened after that.

The actual hernia didn't get worse. Now we have a problem with the groin part,

I'm sure he was glad he was our side of the field. I don't think he would have been too happy on their side of the field today. I'm sure he's happy he's 7-0.

It's nothing that's going to make me go out and buy a Wendy's triple-stacked cheeseburger. I'm not going to buy them any flowers or take somebody from the league out to eat.

In the playoffs, you have to have a balanced attack. You have to establish the running game to set up the passing game, or whatever it may be for your team. Either or. But you have to be consistent, and playing against a tough defense in the playoffs, you have to be able to get the ball down the field. And I think we were able to do that.

I think the guys that we have here, the veterans, we have to be the guys who step up and be big leaders and make sure the guys follow behind us. Set the tone.

This is a time to get better and we try to use this preseason as kind of a stepping stone to take short steps to be ready by the time the season comes around.

I still to this day see no reason for us to talk. When we step on this field, it's all about business. We're professionals that line up and do the right thing.

I don't think any injury will take me away from playing. It's serious enough that you have to pay attention to it.

Obviously, it's tough losing a guy of his caliber, of his ability, but we might be better off. We're 4-4, not 1-7. It's important for the guys in the locker room to understand we win together and we lose together.

Every year it seems that people don't want to give us credit for what we've done or what we can do in the upcoming season,

Ive heard a lot of things, ... You want to make sure you get the right answer. Ive been talking to our staff about (more tests). I would like to be able to get more answers.

I think it's going to happen. I look forward to it happening. But, again, when we get to that situation, then that's when we will handle it. I think what we are doing right now is easing into everything and just going out and working, trying to answer some of the questions one of us may have and then be able to work in the confines of our own football field.

We wanted to attack them in a way they weren't expecting, to set a tone. For us to come that way, it kind of sends a message to let guys know that we have the ability to go deep now, and we will do it. For us to start the game out that way was definitely exciting for us as a team.

When I'm on the field, my main focus is to make as many plays as possible.

That's over. What happened last year is over. Because no one really cares too much any more, besides the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ... Nobody remembers who finished second. If you're not on top, then you might as well start all over and rewrite your goals and get to that promised land and make sure you come out on top.

It was good that we were able to get out there in a game situation and try to work on our combination, our chemistry. We still obviously have some work to do, but it's a good sign.

It seems like every time I change the channel, there's something on about the Eagles or me or T. O. or whoever. Again, it's quite humorous to me. I didn't think the preseason would draw so much attention, especially coming into work.

In the first half, I was rushing things, trying to get the ball out quicker and using my upper body, ... In the second half, I reevaluated and said I have to use my legs.