You never know what's going to happen in the NFL. That's probably the thing I've learned most - expect the unexpected and go from there.
Ryan Fitzpatrick
I feel like the luckiest guy in the world sometimes, getting to go outside and play football with my friends.
I'm not gonna throw a Ryan Leaf bullet, but I've got a good enough arm, where I think it'll turn some heads and keep them interested.
That's one of the things with a championship-caliber team, is how it deals with injuries.
I try to be the same guy every day, no matter the situation, no matter the adversity.
All I want to do is go out there and win.
My normal is craziness - moving around and jumping from team to team and having to get used to different guys in a short period of time.
It's hard when you let people down.
Constantly getting knocked down and picking myself back up, the relationships I've been able to form with all the different people in the different cities, I wouldn't trade it for anything.
For me, always being ready and knowing that when I have my opportunity, I have to go out there and do my best. My whole career has been like that. I try to do my best in putting my focus in what I can control.
I wouldn't trade my experience for anybody's.
I've never been to playoffs.
I've not had a career like Brady or Rodgers with all the Super Bowls and the incredible things they've done. But for me, the adversity made me who I am.
I have horrible style.
The Fitzpatrick home is happy when we're winning.
I enjoy playing, especially when you're having success, when you're driving the ball down the field scoring touchdowns.
I'm as competitive as they come.
It always helps when you're working out with other people, especially your teammates.
All I can do is play as hard as I can play, make as many plays as I can make and try to help my team win football games.
Football is not a game about numbers. It's about wins and trying to go out and play better than the other team.
I just have to continue to prepare and try to be the best guy I can be every Sunday, whether that's coming off a good game or a bad game.
I would much rather pass up on some of that guaranteed money... and bet on myself and just see what happens.
I have something to prove every year.
I've been called worse than a Harvard kid.
I just go out there and throw. That's what I've done my whole life.
I knew I had a long way to go with my mechanics.
Whenever Tua gets his chance, I'm going to be his biggest cheerleader.
I have a unique perspective just from the career that I've had.
There are so many things that I've just continued to get better at in my game.
I'm just trying to be the best version of me that I can be.
Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.
I think, fortunately and unfortunately, I've got a lot of experience in playing for teams that have been in this situation where we lost a few games and we've got to stay the course, we've got to right the ship, and we've got to do all of that stuff.
You've just got to continue to prepare in the film room, continue to prepare running the game plan and doing everything on the practice field and hope that it translates.
It's not an easy game.
If the play-caller has confidence in you, you can feel it on the headset. You can feel it by the way he's calling plays.
The two things that make you a good head coach in this league are if you can get the players to respect you and if you can come across with a clear, consistent message.
The biggest thing in this game - to last - is to have belief in yourself. Because when the owner stops believing in you and the GM stops believing in you and the coaches stop believing in you, sometimes all you have is yourself.
Football is something so ingrained in me, something I love doing and definitely something I want to do.
That's why you play the game. You play the game for your teammates, who really want to play with and for you.
I like Backgammon.
I like KenKen.
I've had a different career than a lot of different quarterbacks, but this has been a career that I've loved and a position that I like being in.
There's a lot of things you can't learn unless you actually experience it.
Just in terms of the demeanor and the approach and just making sure that I'm consistent in the way I do things - that is the biggest thing for me.
For all the ladies out there, I'm taken. I'm sorry.
I really enjoy helping younger guys out, because this league is about playing it forward a little bit.
There were guys who helped me out when I was young.
I have zero ego.
I want to bring energy. I want my play to be infectious to other guys.
I'm very proud of the fact I went to Harvard and I loved my four years there.
