Aaron Rodgers Quotes (29 Quotes)

They say it takes two to three years to really get the West Coast offense down. I think that's the reason why a lot of top picks struggle early on - because they don't have the guys around them and the offenses they're running are pretty complex. Obviously Alex is in a situation where they'd like him to play right away, which puts a little more pressure on him. At the same time, I put pressure on myself to be great every day in practice and in the games, and I will be. It's just going to take a little bit.

By being passed over by 23 teams in the draft instead of being picked first as had been early speculation, quarterback Aaron Rodgers lost about 14 million, just in guaranteed money. It doesn't change his life at all, ... It affects his portfolio, which he

I'm going to keep plugging away. I've said from the start that whatever happens happens as long as I continue to get better. That's what's frustrating (Saturday night) because I didn't get better. I didn't make strides where I wanted to. Obviously I didn't make a strong case for being No. 2 tonight.

I had a dilemma. (Robert) Ferguson kept telling me to change the play in the huddle to a go route. But I couldn't do that.

It'd be nice to get a couple warmup throws, but I went out there cold-turkey. And that's what a backup needs to do - be ready at any time. On this team, with Brett Favre in charge, that doesn't happen much, but if I am the No. 2 guy, I'll definitely be ready.

Brett was phenomenal today, ... The day before his 36th birthday, he looked like a 22-year-old out there. Unbelievable.

He was very emotional. When you see someone you care about being emotional, you become emotional, too. Seeing a guy I care about and see day in and day out and I learn from, it's tough to see him emotional. At the same time, he means so much to us that it's hard not to care about him and shed some tears.

Among those who made the last-minute switch writers in Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Many will wonder whether they and their counterparts in the coaches' poll succumbed to the lobbying efforts of 'Horns coach Mack Brown andor pressure from their constituencies. I thought it was a little classless how Coach Brown was begging for votes after the Texas AM game, ... I think a team's record and the way you play should speak for itself.

He has nothing left to prove. At the same time, he still has the desire and ability. Although you might not believe me, I hope he comes back.

Minus the pass to Sean, I felt I had a pretty productive game. I didn't really make any mistakes besides that, and that was just a case of me trying to make a play when I probably should have thrown the ball away.

It's crazy. I don't want to say you feel violated, but everybody's touching you all over the place. I've got both legs up, with some people grabbing one leg while some other people were tugging on the other leg. I've never had so many hands on me. But I've got nothing to hide.

He made fun of me a lot. He made me shave my beard. He gets on me and J. T. (O'Sullivan, another quarterback) for being from the West Coast.

Brett's done too much for this organization for them ever to sit him down,

I'll say this The leverage of having the first pick is in signing your draft pick before the draft,

It's not really that big of a deal. It just means my preseason didn't go unnoticed. For me, the positive thing is I know they have some confidence in me should anything ever happen to Brett, I could come in and lead this team.

That's the best defense we've played all year, but by far the cheapest, ... I got spit on. I make a good block, and the guy spits on me. I saw that too many times today. It's disgusting. I got poked in the eye. They had their hands in our facemasks all day.

Not to brag, but I won it for the first time all year last week, ... Craig said he didn't want 'the rook' to win at all. I tied one week. Last week I won by 15 yards, so I took it to them. I was pretty excited.

I didn't expect to play at all this season, but I thank Brett for giving us such a big lead, ... Someone asked me if I was nervous before I went in. I was like, 'We're up 45-3, what do I have to be nervous about' It was a lot of fun out there.

The only reason they were talking about that is they were expecting us to have a losing season. And I don't. So I just hope nothing gets to that point because that'd be tough for both of us.

This is my regular season, so this is my chance to shine. I'm going to get better, but I'm never going to lose my confidence or waiver confidence-wise.

If I can slow it down in my mind, ... Things will be fine.

I think after the game it was mostly frustration - not playing as well as I'd like to, not executing like I know I can. You can see in practice, I've had a real good camp. Made a lot of strides, made a lot of plays. I feel like my knowledge of the offense has gotten better each day and I've gotten more and more comfortable. It's just a matter of transferring that into the game.

Brady's a great quarterback, ... But I've got Brett Favre on my team. I've been paying attention to everything he's been doing for the last three weeks.

Anyone who watched the game would see we were the dominant team. We drove the ball up and down the field and our defense played great.

There wasn't a lot of passion on the field. I have no problem telling people I didn't think there was a whole lot of passion out there. I thought it seemed like some of the guys were going through the motions.

We just couldn't get anything going. Not a productive night. My goal has been not just yards or numbers, but to make good decisions and not have any turnovers. I didn't make good decisions and I had a turnover.

The only thing it means to me is my good pre-season didn't go unnoticed. I've still got to get better each day. My goal is to be No. 1. Obviously, it's not going to happen for a few years.

That drive, probably was the best moment of camp for me so far.

I wish we could just get it over with. It's not that big of a deal. In this offense, it's just like a number.