165 Quotes by Carson Palmer

When I was a kid, I just wanted to be outside. I didn't grow up watching football. Didn't ever watch a college game. I watched 'Monday Night Football' because my dad liked it, but we didn't sit around on Sundays. I was outside, playing, training, whatever.

I remember after that, when it was announced I was going to the Heisman ceremony, I didn't think I was going to win it because everybody was saying there was a bias against West Coast teams. I really hadn't paid attention to it. Winning the Heisman wasn't really a goal when I was younger. My goal was to go to USC and win a national championship.

I don't like being singled out.

I just think every situation is so different, every team is so different and every organization is so different.

Playing quarterback is a glamorous job. It's awesome. It's everything I dreamed it would be. But after a while, it loses its glamour. Somewhere along those 15 years, it becomes a job. Especially at the end, it became work. Game day was awesome, but all the rest of it was work.

You can't just hope you draft well and not go after free agents and you end up in the Super Bowl. You got to go get it.

The head coach makes the decision about what's best for the team.

I actually don't listen to CDs very often. I listen to the radio or if I do listen to a CD, it'll be a mix.

I've played in every type of situation. But to not have one run in the playoffs where you just make one of those magical runs? That's what I want.