Quotes by Drew Brees

“I feel like Im getting the reps I need to prepare myself for the season. Each week Im feeling more comfortable and getting better.”

“Obviously if Gates turns out missing the first game because of this, thats disappointing for everyone in this locker room because he is big part of our team and we dont want to see that happen.”

“winning football, but not championship football.”

“The guy on the other side is not too shabby,”

“He is very powerful, ... You cant really tackle him with one guy. You see him break tackles all the time, like he did on the last touchdown. Obviously his ability to catch the football is special.”

“You cant give the other team an opportunity when we have them 21-3 to come back and make it almost a 21-17 game, ... Our defense played championship football. Our offense played winning football. We didnt play championship football.”

“Its my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays, ... Thats what I did.”

“We talked about it all week, how this could be the game that we throw it 50 times, and I think we almost did,”

“You enter the game and see what kind of game plan they have for you defensively. If they bring a bunch of guys down in the box that you figure are going to pressure a lot, there are big holes in the defense to take advantage. I felt like we were able to do that today.”

“Its about time something good like this happened,”

When you wake up, think about winning the day. Dont worry about a week or a month from now -- just think about one day at a time. If you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you. Win the day!

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on peoples faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.

It took me six months to redeem myself at least to have another chance to at least have her get to know me and let her know I was at least a decent guy and to give me a shot. And here we are, weve been married seven years.

And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me.

I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like I can make a difference. But its not one person, you need so many others.