Michael Vick Quotes (93 Quotes)

I told him that he played a great game. His first game starting there's a lot of hype and pressure on him. He came out and played with poise and made some plays. Like I told him, I think he's going to be just like his brother in due time.

So what As long as I continue to make plays and win football games, that's all they're going to remember. That's all I care about.

I'm not going to lie. I do (care), ... The only stat that counts is if you win games. I understand that, but still, I don't want my stats to look bad or not be up to par.

This time it's going to be in different weather conditions. I think that will be a plus for us.

I think that is our identity, ... We run the football whether it's Warrick, T.J. or me. That's what makes our game go. If that's the way it's going to be, as long as we keep winning and as long as I make my plays when I have to, things are all good.

I'm explosive. Sometimes I do things that I don't even know what I'm doing. But I'm in control of myself when I'm doing it. Teams will tell you that they've never seen a player like me before and I just take it as a great compliment.

Superman ran into some kryptonite Saturday night. Atlanta Falcons' QB Michael Vick might have a world class arm and world class speed, but his body just might not be up to the rigors of the pounding an NFL running back takes. That wouldn't be so bad if he remembered he was a quarterback, but this kid likes to run entirely too much. I am terribly disappointed, ... But this is the ultimate team sport and we will have to keep playing. I have confidence that these guys and coaches can get it done.

Falcons quarterback Michael Vick said he could play with exiled Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens -- but Owens would have to make some sacrifices. Vick did not sound like he would fully endorse the Falcons' pursuing Owens. I don't know. It would help but I feel like we've got all the right pieces here to be successful and to win football games, ... I don't know where this Terrell Owens talk is coming from but I'm focused on what we've got in place right now.

No, I ain't mad. He didn't do anything wrong. The world will all know when the truth comes out.

It was one of the best drives we've had all year, in a tough situation and tough environment, ... I took it upon myself to make the right decisions. We had to focus in and really see the field when it counted.

We're going to sit down and talk about everything, ... I've got a lot of questions for him. I'm going to spend all the time I can with him.

I just said I wasn't going to cut it until I won a Super Bowl, so that's my motivation. I figure come January, it shouldn't be so high...but it's getting pretty bushy. My mom doesn't like it. I figure this year, I'll stick to the script.

It's a crazy situation. I don't know why people with power would make them dress the way that they want them to dress. Those guys are professionals, but at the same time we are all grown men.

We're all trying to get on the same page. I want to throw the ball right at them so they can catch it. I didn't do that all the time last year.

My goal is to play within the offense, like I did last week. I learned to trust the guys around me. If I have to resort to running at some point in time, then I'll do it.

Man, this time last year, I was just trying to make the right reads, ... Now I know 90 of the playbook. I'm seeing it. It's just a matter of getting the ball there.

Forever. My brother is not a bad person. The best thing for Marc now is leaving college, getting away from a bunch of people he was around every day. Now he'll have a chance to play in the NFL and have somebody who can be there with him and can guide him in the right direction.

He knows what it takes to get the extra yard and what it is to get 20 carries a game and to make the offensive line go.

They used to call me 'Lil' Quick,' ... I went to a couple of football camps when I was a kid, but nothing like this. The good part of dealing with kids is that I was their age once, and I remember what I would have thought if I was attending a camp with a high-profile player, how I'd have wanted him to treat me. So that's how I try to be.

The passing game will be totally different, ... We have guys that can make some plays. We have guys that can run now. I think we're more intact with what we are doing as an offense and as a whole. The communication and camaraderie is there. We are ready.

When I got hit, it was painful, but I got up and was able to walk, ... I was able to go back out there and fight it out like I always do.

It forces you to adjust. You've got to prepare for T.J., and his style. Warrick and his style and the things I can account for. It just puts a burden on a defense. It makes them have to work that much harder to be alert for different things, and that's to our advantage.

I learned how to take care of it. I learned how to rehab it and what to do and what not to do. I'm taking precautions, but at the same time I'm doing what I can to try to strengthen it up.

If nobody's open downfield and there's 50 yards or something ahead of you, you take it,

It's a great deal, and that's always the goal to start the regular season off that way and that's what we tried to do. We have a great training staff who keep guys up, keep them safe and take care of all of their injuries.

Sometimes being selfish is not a bad thing. Some guys just want the ball. They feel like they can make a difference. There is nothing wrong in that.

No ... If need be, I'll run just as much as I did last year. The thing now is I know how to protect myself. A few years ago, I was running reckless. Now, I'm sliding and getting out of bounds for the longevity, baby for my season, for my career.

I don't care. It doesn't matter. At the end of my career they're going to judge me on wins and losses, not on how many throws I made from the pocket or what my quarterback rating was.

I think Greg Knapp needs to know that. He needs to know exactly what type of talent he's working with. ... You've got to be creative. There's no reason I should be passing for only 2,300 yards for the season. My passing attempts per game (24.2) are not even that high. I hope it's not that they don't believe in me, because I believe in me.

It's 11 guys doing their job. If we hammer them, hammer them, throw it, and then run it at them, then maybe victory will come. At the same time, I have to be doing my job and the receivers have to be blocking. There are a lot of things that come together to make the run game work. We believe in it, which is why we are leading the league.

They saw me grabbing my hamstring and pulled me out, ... I wasn't upset about it. Jim Mora said he didn't want it to get any worse than what it was. We were already in a good position to score. Maybe that was selfish going back in there. I don't know.

My perception of the West Coast thing is starting to change too. We're not doing what I see Seattle doing or San Francisco doing or Green Bay doing. We're not doing those things. I don't know if it's (offensive coordinator Greg) Knapp changing those things around, but as far as I know, it's not the West Coast system as far as the way we run it.

I would have been able to come back and play ... With an injury, the longer you sit on the sideline and kind of nurse it a little bit, the stiffer you get. Once I got stiff, there was no need to go back in.

It's a fine balance, ... At the same time, it makes my job a lot easier to just throw the football than wear myself out running.

I'm probably going to make the final decision. I'm the only one who knows how bad I'm hurting and what I can do and what I can't do.

We turned the ball over three times, ... You can't do that in this league.

I'm the quarterback. It's all on me. Everything falls on my shoulders, ... All I can do it come back the next game, try to get better and make sure it doesn't happen again.

We've talked a lot lately, more than usual. We had to. He is hanging in there. He's doing alright.

The kid hasn't dropped a ball since he's been here. You see him make the tough grabs and the wild catches that Jim is looking for.

I'm kind of sick of the fact that everyone wants to praise me in the running game. My goal is try to make them respect me in the passing game, too.

It's a gift from a quarterback's standpoint that all you have to do is throw the ball up for the guys, ... You don't have to worry about throwing to short targets. That's sort of hard to do.

It's kind of hard to calm yourself down. But, you know, you have got to keep your composure in a game like this and understand the big picture. And that is just winning the football game. It's not about pushing and shoving and getting 15-yard penalties, because that doesn't prove anything.

It wasn't how it was drawn up. I had to make some extra moves. ... Tried to make some magic.

That shook me up a little bit. Now, I'm trying to protect myself. I'll do anything possible, whether it's getting the ball out of my hand or going down if I have to. If I've got to take the sack, I'll take the sack.

I can't put it into words. It's an adrenaline rush. I think you have to be a quarterback with scrambling ability to understand it.

We understand that it takes 11 guys to win a football game. We do not have any selfish guys on the football team. That is fine with me.

The last two years, sometimes it's been a little difficult, ... Last year I started out in a new offense, so I kind of expected things not to go as well, but this year I was expecting a lot on myself, and it looks like I'm not on pace to do what I set my goals at. We've got nine games left, and there's still room for improvement.

It was a tough night for my little brother. I was eager to get out there and just make something happen and pick up the slack a little bit.

As long as I can go out and make plays, people can say what they want to say,

I just had to let him know, man, you're not going to take cheap shots, and you're not going to knock me around. I won't retaliate every time like that. I'll just take the flag. But even though I got I little out of character, that's just the competitiveness coming out in me.