Joe Flacco

“People are going to go out and do things after games and celebrate and do that kind of stuff. Everybody cannot be everywhere, and nobody can prevent crazy things from happening. Stuff is going to happen, and you've just got to deal with it.”

“I don't play this game to be average.”

“In so many ways, when you're in college, you're even closer with the locker room than you are with a professional team.”

“Listen, I don't think there are any backups in this league that don't have aspirations to be a starting quarterback. It's just part of the business. It's part of being on a team and knowing your role.”

“No matter how well or how bad you play, when you have a chance of winning and you come up a little bit too short, it obviously hits you a little bit. It stinks.”

“I have a tough time beating around the bush and just saying something you want to hear. I kind of say it how it is, even if I don't realize that's maybe not what I should say at the moment.”

“I've thrown many picks in my life, man.”

“It always gets you going when you get hit for the first time. It reminds you that you play football.”

“I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.”

“It's a crazy game. It's a game we all choose to play.”

“You don't want to get to the point where you play out your contract and you get to those complicated situations where they can put the franchise tag on you and things like that.”

“When you are a player, you don't really understand the criticism when you feel like you played pretty well.”

“In this league, there's a lot of times when you're going to have guys open, and it's going to be all good and the fact that you're off a tick might not matter. But when it really matters, you're going to need to be right on it. And I think the more reps you get, the more likely chance you have to feel comfortable in those times of high stress.”

“What I choose to do reflects who I am.”

“In the regular season you always say, 'Take it one game at a time.' But the playoffs, they kind of make you do that.”

“Listen, winning the Super Bowl, winning the Super Bowl MVP doesn't make me as valuable as I am.”

“I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I mean, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.”

“The most important thing is win enough games to get into the playoffs. Then, once you get into the playoffs, win.”

“We used to listen to a lot of AC/DC before games to get fired up. 'TNT,' 'Thunderstruck,' all that stuff. It really gets you pumped.”