Elway's Quotes

#1. I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.

Peyton Manning

#2. If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.

John Elway

#3. I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

John Elway

#4. To be able to get a football team that's capable of competing for world championships, you always got to get a little bit lucky, but you got to have all phases to win it all.

John Elway

#5. I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.

John Elway

#6. There are a lot of people who might not get another chance to win a Super Bowl, not just me.

John Elway

#7. I'm watching the Weather Channel more than I've ever watched it. I'm scared to death it's going to rain.

John Elway

#8. It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

John Elway

#9. A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

John Elway

#10. When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of the job and travel that goes with it, too.

John Elway

#11. I had a great time doing Vegas. It's just that it takes a lot of time.

John Elway

#12. There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now.

John Elway

#13. I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls.

John Elway

#14. I'm happy with the Arena Football League right now. I'm happy in Denver.

John Elway

#15. I would hope this experience would help me if that NFL opportunity were to arise. But I also know that it's a totally different league. There's a lot more to it.

John Elway

#16. I don't have any pangs to where I want to be with the Broncos.

John Elway

#17. How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball.

John Elway

#18. I was a baseball player and a football player at Stanford, so I didn't play a lot of golf in college. I really started playing a lot after I turned pro and I had some time in the off-season.

John Elway

#19. It's really been a better situation for me being with the Crush than it would if I were with the Broncos because this has given me a lot more broad range.

John Elway

#20. In the long run, the cream always rises and the crap always sinks.

John Elway

#21. I think I'm lucky in life and not just in football. I was very fortunate to play for a great organization and a great team that was really good near the end of my career.

John Elway

#22. I normally run the 40-yard dash in 4.9, but when a 280-pound guy is chasing me, I run it in 4.6.

John Elway

#23. The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.

John Elway

#24. I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive.

John Elway

#25. I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal.

John Elway

#26. I'm going to listen to John Elway. He knows what he's talking about.

Tim Tebow

#27. You always want to have good balance. That's the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.

John Elway

#28. I don't know if I like being the sentimental favorite.

John Elway

#29. We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else.

John Elway

#30. A lot of times the expectations of you are so high that no matter what you do you are never going to be able to live up to those expectations. So you better go out and do the best you can and enjoy it.

John Elway

#31. I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed.

John Elway

#32. Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.

John Elway

#33. Even when I retired, there was part of me that didn't want to retire. But once you decide it's time to move on then you have to stick with it.

John Elway

#34. I can't compare quarterbacks as apples and oranges in my mind because everybody's in a different system.

John Elway

#35. I want to someday be in the same position as John Elway, Joe Montana and Steve Young.

Vince Young

#36. I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one.

John Elway

#37. You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing.

John Elway

#38. When things go bad, it's easy to point fingers. People who attempt to switch the blame are afraid to fail. We've all been afraid to fail before a game, but it shouldn't stop us from continuing, and from doing what we have to do to get the job done.

John Elway

#39. As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.

John Elway

#40. The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side.

John Elway

#41. Reaching 50, I've started to conjure up thoughts of my own mortality.

John Elway