Andy Dalton
I try to have as much patience as possible.Collection: Patience
I have had struggles throughout my life and am so thankful to have Jesus Christ to turn everything over to.Collection: Thankful
Anytime you get to play a team twice, you have a feel for what they do and how they play.
There's a lot of good people here in Cincinnati, and there are a lot of people that are willing to help others.
You always want to end the year on a high note.
As soon as football stops being fun, that's usually when guys stop playing.
I have grown as time has gone on.
I obviously feel I bring value to a team, not only because of my abilities, but because of everything I've learned and experienced.
Why choose to be negative when you don't have to?
When you look at the best teams, the teams that make a run at it, they're the healthiest teams.
I usually find a couple of guys in the offseason to watch - their clips, their games and see how they play. Aaron Rodgers is one. I try to watch Drew Brees.
Whatever you do during the regular season doesn't matter once you get to the playoffs.
You have faith in God, and know he has a plan for me.
I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way.
It's a quarterback-driven league, so quarterbacks get rewarded a lot of money.
We can't worry about what's happened in the past. We can't go back and play those games.
I think you need to be aggressive. That's offensive football.
You want to be on the offense and make the defense react. I feel like that.
You prepare each week to win, and for it to finally pay off, it is a big relief.
You work all year to win.
I want to win every time I'm on the field.
I want to have an opportunity to play.
I want to have an opportunity to be somewhere where I'm wanted.
The draft's crazy. Everybody knows that.
If you're too high, it can hurt you. If you're too low, it can hurt you. I try to stay even-keel.
I've been through a lot. You can't get too high, you can't get too low.
When I'm on the field, if something doesn't go exactly as it's planned, I'm going to say something before a coach is going to say something. I'm going to get to it quicker and try to get it corrected.
That's part of the process of the longer you play, you can help the guys around you.
A lot of people think that in your second year you might struggle because you're gonna try to do a lot more, and you can struggle because you might be forcing things. But as long as you play within yourself, I feel like you should grow as a player, and you should be getting better.
There's gonna be ups and downs throughout the season. And what defenses do to try and attack different quarterbacks, I mean, you can definitely see it. It's how you respond to it. It's how you get over that next step.
Interceptions are gonna happen. You can't worry about that. 'I made a mistake? OK, I have to make up for it.' That's my attitude about it. If I worry about it, I've got no chance.
Pushing guys to be the best, that's part of the role I've always taken being a quarterback.
It's hard to be a leader right away, but playing quarterback, you have to.
I only worry about what I can control.
I'm not someone that's gonna get up in your face all the time and all that kind of stuff. I mean, I don't think I have a temper.
I want to be a starter in this league.
I feel confident with what I'm able to do.
I try to win every time I'm out there.
I think I'm a big motivator on the field. I try to be.
I'm not necessarily the guy that's going to get in your face and scream at you or anything like that. I'll say what I need to, but I like my actions to show what I'm about.
I've worked with Tom House and Adam Dedeaux, and both of those guys helped me out just pure mechanically.
I feel like I've always had a quick release.
There have been too many turnovers on my part.
I'm going to be me regardless of what anyone says.
I'm just trying to win games. If I keep doing that, it's all that matters.
Let the doubters talk as much as they want. I know my game, and I know I'm helping my team win games. That's all that matters.
It's hard to do, but you've got to be able to get your team going and prepare each week and go out and play your best and hopefully it shows in the game.
Obviously, I've been used to starting.
When you need to make a play, you've got to have that mentality that you're going to get it done.
I think you realize the opportunities that we have and how special it is, that my kids are going to get to grow up being in an NFL locker room, kind of running around. I'm not trying to take any of this for granted because not many people get this opportunity. It's kind of cool that my boys are going to get the opportunity to be around this.