JOE FLACCO

People are going to go out and do things after games and celebrate and do that kind of stuff. Everybody cannot be everywhere, and nobody can prevent crazy things from happening. Stuff is going to happen, and you've just got to deal with it.

When things aren't going as well as you might like them to be, it's always a question as to whether my personality... fits what an NFL quarterback should be. It's not anything I'm not used to.

Hey, it's tough not to have a ton of admiration for the fans of Baltimore. And, for it me, it's because they are such a hard-working, blue-collar fan base that loves football.

It's a crazy game. It's a game we all choose to play.

The most important thing is win enough games to get into the playoffs. Then, once you get into the playoffs, win.

I want to play as long as I can.

I'm not going to be 50 and playing. I hope I'm 40, but 50, no.

We don't always get our respect but you've got to deal with it and go out there every week and just win football games.

I never had a job. My first job was quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens.

Joe Montana was my favorite. I just thought he was the best at the time. He wasn't playing too, too much when I got into high school or anything, but he was just a winning guy and he played very consistent football.

Obviously, when you take a quarterback, when you take anybody in the first round, it means something.

It's tough to maintain 15-play drives consistently and score points.

I don't know what the fascination is with 'Jersey Shore,' the show. I grew up going to the Jersey Shore and I think it's an incredible place to vacation. The show, I think people like to see crazy TV, and that's what the fascination is.

Listen, everybody likes the football their way.

I'm not a selfish person, I don't think.

What fun would it be if we were perfect in everything that we did? Football is not about that.

When you are a player, you don't really understand the criticism when you feel like you played pretty well.

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

We used to listen to a lot of AC/DC before games to get fired up. 'TNT,' 'Thunderstruck,' all that stuff. It really gets you pumped.

In the regular season you always say, 'Take it one game at a time.' But the playoffs, they kind of make you do that.

That's part of being a leader, being the guy that people look to and making everybody around you better.

We all sign up where you might get hurt. That's what makes this league a little bit different than any other in professional sports.

I would like more people to think good things about me, but if they never do, they never do.

I don't play this game to be average.

It means a lot to me as a quarterback if my receivers think I'm a good quarterback. It doesn't really matter what everybody else thinks, but it means a lot to me when I feel like those guys trust me.