“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.”

American former professional football quarterback

Carson Hilton Palmer is an American former professional football quarterback. He played 15 seasons in the National Football League and is known for his career at USC and in the NFL. Palmer played college football for the USC Trojans and won the Heisman Trophy in 2002. He was selected first overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2003 NFL draft, a sign of the high expectations that followed him into the professional game.