A biography for Carson Palmerhasn’t been written yet.
“The only thing I can tell you about a Super Bowl ring is, hey, not everybody gets one. But that's something I have to live with.”
“I love Dak's game. I think he's great.”
“I'm great at retirement. I'm excelling at retirement... I've loved every second of it.”
“I've been playing quarterback for a long time, and there's a ton of expectations no matter where you are and how you got there. That's part of the game and part of the position. That's part of the reason I love playing the position, is the expectations and the pressure and all of the outside things that come along with it.”
“For 15 years I have been lucky enough to play quarterback in the NFL and it has been the most incredible experience of my life. There wasn't one second that I took it for granted or failed to appreciate what a tremendous privilege it is.”
“I think it's really difficult for a young team to beat an experienced quarterback like Philip Rivers twice in one season.”
“I don't have to play football for money.”
“Especially after age like 34 or 35, the gym stuff I do not miss.”
“The thing with diva receivers is, they're productive. It's not like they're the third-string receiver who catches 40 balls for 612 yards a year.”
“When you like the coach and the guys in the locker room, and you know you can still play at a high level, and you feel like you can help take a team to a Super Bowl, and you know you're job's not gonna be as hard as it may have been before - it's just fun.”
“In order to win in the NFL... you've got to be desperate to win a championship.”
“I learned a lot from all the mistakes I've made.”
“I don't like being singled out.”
“I don't like getting into hot cars when it's been sitting outside. You're already sweating and you get into the car and you're profusely sweating.”
“Fear of failure always drives me.”
“8-8 is like winning the Super Bowl for the organization in Cincinnati.”
“When I was a kid, I just wanted to be outside. I didn't grow up watching football. Didn't ever watch a college game. I watched 'Monday Night Football' because my dad liked it, but we didn't sit around on Sundays. I was outside, playing, training, whatever.”
“I'm not a guy who can sit there and look at a diagram of a play and understand it.”
“You can make as much as the top-paid quarterback in the league when you're the Dallas Cowboys quarterback if you do take less.”
“Everyone talks about the good old days, when guys were tough and quarterbacks got crushed all the time, but back in the day, there weren't defensive ends that were Mario Williams - 6-7, 300 pounds, 10 percent body fat, running a 4.7 40.”