A biography for Matt Leinarthasn’t been written yet.
“I don't know how we judge performance when you have 13 pass attempts to the other guy's 40.”
“I love getting dressed up in a nice suit every once in awhile, but every day, I'm in jeans or sweats and a T-shirt. I'm not a big fashion-type guy.”
“I'm easy to please. I just need a bed and video games, and I'm set.”
“I don't pay too much attention to people talking about what goes on in the celebrity world.”
“People can think what they want, but the important thing I've always said is what my family sees and knows, and what my team and coaches know. My team and my coaches know that I work my butt off, that I'm in every day lifting weights, studying, even at home.”
“I'm hard on myself but I'm just hoping I can go out there and be able to make mistakes and learn from them and not have to worry about what's said and what's going to happen.”
“I would like to see more pictures of what athletes are doing, like in People. Show athletes hanging out with each other, eating lunch, out on a date.”
“Pretty much everywhere I go, people recognize me.”
“Every year, I make it my goal to learn something new, but I never end up sticking to it.”
“You kind of look at the timeline of what has happened to me and with having a pretty good rookie year and the second year getting the injury and Kurt Warner played himself into the Hall of Fame in the last 3 years. There's not a lot I can do about that. I battled with a Hall of Famer two training camps in a row.”
“Hoopsters always look smooth. I'm definitely not smooth! I'm definitely not up there with those guys.”
“I've always known being a professional athlete is tough, let alone being a quarterback in the National Football League. There's a lot on you, a lot of pressure on you to succeed. You take the glory and you take the falls, but that's what I signed up to do.”
“Without linemen like Orlando Pace, quarterbacks wouldn't be anything.”
“I liked Steve Young, but if I had to name one all-time favorite, it's Brett Favre. I'm a fan of the game, I'm a fan of everybody, but Brett Favre is on top.”