Gus Frerotte Quotations

Work as hard as I can to be the No. 1 and don't look back. I don't have anything to lose. I'm just going to go out and play and have fun.

Since Ricky has been in the league there has been a fascination,

No doubt. Everybody had confidence in him. He worked hard, played hurt and played well. But now this. It's one of those things.

I was really taking a guess of where he was going to be. It was open, but it wasn't really open. We kind of grew in that sense. The San Diego game epitomized it.

I didn't notice Keith Traylor that much in Denver.

I don't feel that way at all. I just know I've got to keep working and we all have to keep pushing as quarterbacks because there was one season in 12 years where I've started every game and made it through the whole season. More times than not, there are going to be other guys that are going to have to step in and play.

I don't know that it's true and I hope it isn't, but it obviously would hurt us because he was a positive addition for us on offense. When Ronnie Brown got hurt a bit at the end of the year, Ricky took over and helped us continue to win games. He's a good player for us and big in our success. It would hurt not to have him.

I don't know whether to get mad at that or just laugh at it.

He ended up being that today, but not really when we put it in. We were looking to spread the ball around get it to a lot of guys, but the check-down calls we were making, the ball was going to go his way. He was making plays, so we had to continue doing that.

We've got to mix it up and continue to do what we're doing. We would get a little running game going, but then we would have to throw it because we would get a holding call. When you play from behind, too, that's also the way it some times has to be. You throw the ball a lot more.

It is a big one for us because it is a divisional game, and the way I am looking at it, it is the next game.

I threw it and you've got to move on. I would throw it a lot earlier and put it only where Book can get it, maybe high and outside. If it's incomplete, it's incomplete and we move on. When you're in the heat of the moment and you're trying to fit one in, sometimes it's not the greatest thing to do.

I think that was the game that we knew we were pretty good, offensively, and we could move the ball against good teams.

I think that you've just got to go out and play. You've got to have fun and be aggressive. You don't have anything to lose in this game. Just go out and play every play like it's your last one. That's what I've really tried to do - and be smart in all my decisions.

It felt great. That's why I came here,

It felt great. I have confidence in myself. I can make the throws and play this game, even though everybody calls me an old man for some reason. I don't know why.

That was one I tried to fit in there, ... Sometimes you take shots. You take chances. But if it's not there, throw it away. ... We need to be smart and mentally tough and not do those things.

Yeah, that would be nice. That's kind of how it goes, how it should be. The world doesn't stop turning. Eventually, your time runs out.

We answered the call, ... . . . We did a great job.

We played a great game. I was just letting it come to me and having some fun going out on each play and enjoying the process of the game.

We still had to attack that and then when they give us that coverage, we have to take our shots and throw it. It's just like pitching. When you throw a fastball, you are going to miss the strike zone every once in a while. You have to wind up and throw it again.

We want to attack certain people but when you get behind you have to go where the reads take you.

The phone . . . probably the kids. They're always doing that.

When you have third-and-10, third-and-15, and third-and-20, you have some difficulties. It was an ugly kind of game. We had a good drive and didn't get any points and then we were kind of stalemated for a while. We had some opportunities and didn't make the plays.

We had a good game plan, ... Coach Linehan called a great game. Guys did what we asked them to do.

Turnovers killed us. The Steelers are a good defense and you can't do that against them.

We have to figure out what kind of team we are. Myself, I put a lot of that on me. I have to go out and make the plays.

You got a guy 6-5 and his arms reach about 11 feet, you just have to give him a chance to make play and go up and take the ball. When you can just drop back there and take like three or four hitches and then throw it about 60 in the air to Randy, what could be better?

Everything is fine. It always feels a lot better after you win.

After penalties, you're more limited on options on the play calling, ... When it's second-and-15, you don't script plays like that. That puts the offensive coordinator in a position where he's limited his whole game plan down.

They've been trying to find that right guy,

I tried to get it to (Chambers) quick and (Carpenter) made a great play. It's a crucial situation, and whether you see the guy or not, you have to make a good throw.

I totally agree with them. You need to bring in somebody for the future. What they are doing is smart and wise and what you should be doing, but I still feel I can play this game.

It's all new to me having never played the Jets in the same conference,

It's going to be fun. The team is ready for him to come back, and he's probably ready to come back instead of running sprints on his own.

It's going to be fun, ... The team is ready for him to come back, and he's probably ready to come back instead of running sprints on his own.

It's good for confidence, ... It shows that we have a good team. It shows that when we play well that this is the kind of team we should have. We are going to be down. We are going to have adversity. We will just have to fight and battle through it.

It's hard to expect the world from him; it was his first game back. We weren't going to give him the ball every play. We have two good backs, and we were able to get his feet wet. He did a good job.

It's hard losing Seth. He ran the line very well. But we had a great practice today with Rex and Alonzo, and we're not going to miss a beat.

It was a good win. They didn't play a lot of their guys in the second quarter or second half, but it really doesn't matter. A win is a win.

It was pretty weird. You tell yourself, 'You'd better win this game if you're not playing against their starters.' We probably should have put more points on the board.

They were running people underneath and they were protecting him. Basically they were helping him with double-coverage.

They were taunting us during the game. Some guys wanted to rearrange their horn section, but what are you gonna do?

It was great to see him break out today. No matter what was said about him, we believed in him.

I'm 34 now and still can play and feel really good. That's why you move around and that's why my family has gone with me. I thank them all the time for letting me take my opportunity to play football.

I knew if I went to the Broncos, I wasn't going to have an opportunity to be a starter. And if I came to Miami, I was going to have that opportunity.

I'm just going to do everything I can to stay here.

I'll be supportive of Marc, and if something happens, I'll be ready to play.

If you change your offense, it's a whole other learning curve you have to go through. The guys took so long to learn the offense last time that by keeping the same thing we're a step ahead. I don't want us to take another step backward.

I guess we have to play at home. I'm kidding. We can't make mistakes. We have to be better mentally and not make those unforced errors and give the other team a chance to be on top of us. A big key in this game against the Chiefs is coming out, playing fast and really getting a hand up on them.

I guess we have to play at home, ... I'm kidding. We can't make mistakes. We have to be better mentally and not make those unforced errors and give the other team a chance to be on top of us. A big key in this game against the Chiefs is coming out, playing fast and really getting a hand up on them.

I just kind of woke up and opened my eyes. I didn't know if it was that bad. It was bad enough. It's the first one I ever had, so it was just kind of a weird feeling.

And I didn't play well. I've got to step up and make better plays for these guys.