Donovan McNabb

“As a quarterback your job is to drop back and give it to the open receiver, let them run. Obviously, there are times when you get some pressure and you have to make decisions, step up in the pocket and buy time for your receivers and deliver the ball.”

“The team only goes as far as their quarterback takes them.”

“I try to handle myself with dignity.”

“Sometimes you're forced into change.”

“When you're critical of yourself and your play, you just look at your reads, you look at how fast you can get the ball out.”

“There was never any animosity from the Philly fans.”

“I need to go out and play football and have fun. If I do that, then everything will be fine.”

“Brian Dawkins, to me, in an era I played in, there were three, really four safeties where their numbers and their impact on the game stands alone.”

“I have nothing but love for the Philly fans, even the ones who were highly criticizing me or opinionated in any way.”

“I think at times, too many people focus on just little things and not focus on what the whole question and the whole answer is.”

“I think you get in a situation where once you start hearing the boos and hearing the radio stations talk and people on the outside begin to bring your name up of being benched, then you begin to lose focus, and now your play begins to fall and you begin to focus on other things.”

“I'm from Chicago, and I loved the Bears.”

“You know what, as I look back on that year, I was very excited on joining the Washington Redskins.”

“I played every sport but hockey.”

“That's the competitive nature in me. Just wanting to be the best and wanting to do everything I have to in order for this team to make it that far. You put pressure on your shoulders.”

“That's the NFL: Not For Long. First year's a welcome year. Second it's, What are you going to do? Third year's like, Well, you didn't do much last year; give us something or you're going. That's the way it is. They'll trade you or they'll cut you.”

“I never agreed too much about players talking about former teammates when they go somewhere else. I've never been a fan of that.”

“In this position I play, it's just repetition and continuing to throw the routes and getting that velocity back that you would throw in game speed.”

“I've known and seen a lot of things over my years.”

“I've learned since childhood that you control only the things that you can control. Everything else, let it take care of itself.”