The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge.
I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me.
I was honored to spend time with the President on an issue that is clearly important to him. I was also impressed by his wide receiver skills.
I don’t believe that you can be too short as a quarterback. It’s not about height.
I’m just feeling like it was meant to be. What can I say? The birth of my son, and in the first year of his life, we won a Super Bowl Championship.
It’s my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays.
I’m a very modest person.
Under pressure, would I fold and disappear, or would I show everyone that when bad things happen, you fight?
I don’t know about voodoo, but I believe in destiny.
There’s not anything, I don’t think, that I can do or accomplish.
I can change a diaper in 30 seconds flat. I set the new one beneath the old one. That way, it’s just wipe and pull the flap over.
I expect to make big plays. And when I don’t, I’m upset about it.
Four years ago, who ever thought this would have happened?
You are either getting better or getting worse, but you are never staying the same.
I get people stopping me on the street like twenty times a day, telling me how great it makes them feel and how it just helps them to go about their day and rebuild their lives. It means a tremendous amount.
You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.
I have a feeling that when you’re on the cover, they supe up all your abilities in the game to a pretty high level. I’m excited to see what that equates to, like if I can throw the ball 100 yards in the air or something.
The truth is, you don’t learn much from winning, but losing can make you a lot stronger.
Forget all the doubters. Forget all the critics. Is there satisfaction in proving them wrong? Sure, but I don’t want to give those people the gratification of even dwelling on their words that long. There’s a motivator much more powerful than doubt. I play in honor of those who believe in me.
I realized I could focus on my mistakes and feel sorry for myself, or I could learn from those mistakes and use them as motivation to come back stronger.
But I’ve found that when you start talking to people, everybody’s family has something they’ve dealt with. Every family has issues and is a little dysfunctional. It’s not whether you will have problems within your family; it’s how you handle those difficulties when they come your way.