Gus Frerotte Quotes (49 Quotes)

I knew if I went to the Broncos, I wasn't going to have an opportunity to be a starter. And if I came to Miami, I was going to have that opportunity.

I totally agree with them. You need to bring in somebody for the future. What they are doing is smart and wise and what you should be doing, but I still feel I can play this game.

I've been through a lot in my career, ... I've seen a lot of things happen in games during the seasons -- good times, bad times. I've had a lot of adversity I've dealt with in my career. I know we're going to go through that this year. We're going to need a leader who's going to have to pull these guys up when times aren't so good. I've been through a lot, and I am just ready to take control.

You got a guy 6-5 and his arms reach about 11 feet, you just have to give him a chance to make play and go up and take the ball. When you can just drop back there and take like three or four hitches and then throw it about 60 in the air to Randy, what could be better

And I didn't play well. I've got to step up and make better plays for these guys.

I'm 34 now and still can play and feel really good. That's why you move around and that's why my family has gone with me. I thank them all the time for letting me take my opportunity to play football.

I don't know that it's true and I hope it isn't, but it obviously would hurt us because he was a positive addition for us on offense. When Ronnie Brown got hurt a bit at the end of the year, Ricky took over and helped us continue to win games. He's a good player for us and big in our success. It would hurt not to have him.

Yeah, that would be nice. That's kind of how it goes, how it should be. The world doesn't stop turning. Eventually, your time runs out.

It felt great. I have confidence in myself. I can make the throws and play this game, even though everybody calls me an old man for some reason. I don't know why.

I'm like, 'Forget it. Just charge me what the regular (price is). I couldn't tell you what number it's under.'

No doubt. Everybody had confidence in him. He worked hard, played hurt and played well. But now this. It's one of those things.

I haven't heard anything. Scott is a players' coach with a good side to him, but he could also be very strict. He has a feel for it, and if the Rams hired him they made a good call.

We had that talk. We're always looking to upgrade positions. He told me that he knows I'm not going to be able to play for 10 more years. Not many people can. They know if they bring a young guy in, they can bring him along.

He ended up being that today, but not really when we put it in. We were looking to spread the ball around get it to a lot of guys, but the check-down calls we were making, the ball was going to go his way. He was making plays, so we had to continue doing that.

I'm vastly different, ... Vastly different. . . . I think back to where I was. Things come to you so much quicker now, but you're relaxed, not hurried. You don't look like you're fluttering in the wind. You get more poised as you get older, a lot better as a player.

There's been a lot said about Chris (and Ronnie). I told those guys not to worry. If you are the guy, the ball is coming. I'm not afraid to throw it to those guys. I have all the confidence in the world that they're going to make those plays.

I am out there being the same person that I have always been, knowing that I have to perform. It doesn't matter if you are 1, 2, or 3. You have to still go out there, make the right decisions and make the plays.

I was very confident. I have no doubt about my ability, what I can do on the football field.

Denver was a team that we knew moved around and we moved around. If you move one guy, it shows what the defense is going to play.

When you have third-and-10, third-and-15, and third-and-20, you have some difficulties. It was an ugly kind of game. We had a good drive and didn't get any points and then we were kind of stalemated for a while. We had some opportunities and didn't make the plays.

It's good for confidence, ... It shows that we have a good team. It shows that when we play well that this is the kind of team we should have. We are going to be down. We are going to have adversity. We will just have to fight and battle through it.

I've been through them a bunch of times, and every competition is different, ... I just have to go out and practice and prepare as if I'm the starter, and hopefully that's good enough to be the starter and lead the team.

I don't know whether to get mad at that or just laugh at it.

It's hard losing Seth. He ran the line very well. But we had a great practice today with Rex and Alonzo, and we're not going to miss a beat.

We want to attack certain people but when you get behind you have to go where the reads take you.

We just have to take control of things, ... We have to go up there and play with poise and just do what we've been doing wear them down, run the ball and make big plays off that.

We have to fix those things or we're going to do what we did today. Our goal is to not have to that on Wednesdays and go in Sundays and play a perfect game.

I threw it and you've got to move on. I would throw it a lot earlier and put it only where Book can get it, maybe high and outside. If it's incomplete, it's incomplete and we move on. When you're in the heat of the moment and you're trying to fit one in, sometimes it's not the greatest thing to do.

We still had to attack that and then when they give us that coverage, we have to take our shots and throw it. It's just like pitching. When you throw a fastball, you are going to miss the strike zone every once in a while. You have to wind up and throw it again.

We've got to mix it up and continue to do what we're doing. We would get a little running game going, but then we would have to throw it because we would get a holding call. When you play from behind, too, that's also the way it some times has to be. You throw the ball a lot more.

It's hard to expect the world from him it was his first game back. We weren't going to give him the ball every play. We have two good backs, and we were able to get his feet wet. He did a good job.

Obviously I didn't go to the Pro Bowl or anything. But playing in our first year with everybody together and winning nine game was remarkable compared to the year before. We dealt with a lot of situations and stuck together. I thought it was a really good year for everybody being new.

I don't feel that way at all. I just know I've got to keep working and we all have to keep pushing as quarterbacks because there was one season in 12 years where I've started every game and made it through the whole season. More times than not, there are going to be other guys that are going to have to step in and play.

We have to figure out what kind of team we are. Myself, I put a lot of that on me. I have to go out and make the plays.

If you change your offense, it's a whole other learning curve you have to go through. The guys took so long to learn the offense last time that by keeping the same thing we're a step ahead. I don't want us to take another step backward.

It's going to be great. We're getting a fresh set of legs coming in. Ricky is ready to run, ready to play. He's anxious and excited, although you couldn't tell if you talked to him.

I didn't notice Keith Traylor that much in Denver.

What you see with Scott is what you get. He's a great guy, and I think the guys are going to really enjoy him. He can be hard at times and he can be easy at times.

This isn't my first rodeo, ... People ask me questions like how things are going and how's the competition. It's not like I haven't been through it before. There's nothing you are going to show me right now, besides 105-degree practices, that I haven't seen before.

It was great to see him break out today. No matter what was said about him, we believed in him.

I guess we have to play at home, ... I'm kidding. We can't make mistakes. We have to be better mentally and not make those unforced errors and give the other team a chance to be on top of us. A big key in this game against the Chiefs is coming out, playing fast and really getting a hand up on them.

We came out fast, ... (Then) we missed some execution, had some penalties, missed a few deep balls. Maybe I'm throwing it a hair too early. I don't want to take a sack.

We had a good game plan, ... Coach Linehan called a great game. Guys did what we asked them to do.

I wouldn't want to say the organization was in chaos, but there was some turmoil and I just never felt comfortable in Cincinnati,

I missed some throws, and it is just like we are out of sync. We had a great week of practice and we get in the game and for me personally, it felt like it fell apart a little bit, whether it was that they played a good defense or we have to make better throws, whatever it is. We are getting to that point.

I tried to get it to (Chambers) quick and (Carpenter) made a great play. It's a crucial situation, and whether you see the guy or not, you have to make a good throw.

I think we're trying to find our identity, what we're about, who we are, what are we going to do well. What's that play that's going to get us 5 yards, no matter what we do That's what we're looking for. That's what we're all striving for.

For me, I wanted to play. I wanted to have the opportunity to compete. I knew if I went to Denver I was just going to be a backup. I didn't want that. I wanted to come out here and give it one last shot.

After penalties, you're more limited on options on the play calling, ... When it's second-and-15, you don't script plays like that. That puts the offensive coordinator in a position where he's limited his whole game plan down.