Zac Taylor Quotes

During the game, you don't really notice how many guys have touched the ball because you're just focusing on where you need to be.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

I can't worry about what's going on up front, I've got to continue to keep my eyes down the field.

When you think shoot, shoot, shoot you miss open passes.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

I think it is a very important thing in football to keep each other awake and alert.

In football you have to look forward.

The No. 1 rule you're taught as a receiver: You've just got to watch the ball. You hear about the guy who was lucky. But the guy who was lucky got an opportunity, and he was prepared for it. Sometimes the ball falls your way, and, you know, we'll take it.

I just have to make sure that for 60 minutes, I'm going out there and doing my job, running routes the best that I can and trying to get open.

I feel like, even if a guy is covered, I can put the ball where it needs to be so we can have a successful play.

When I played for the 49ers, we loved to see man-to-man defense. I could get the ball quickly to the receivers.

The biggest thing I've been working on his just finding the open man.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

Do you, and the rest is background noise.

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

I'm a quarterback. I don't need to score the touchdown. I just need to spot the pass.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.

Quarterbacks are always ready.

I don’t want people chitting and chatting. Once the game starts, we watch football.

You play it the way you always play it. You look for matchups, and you go through your progression, and you throw it to the guy who's most open.

You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.