Dan Marino
Dan Marino
Daniel Constantine Marino Jr.is a former American football player who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. The last quarterback of the Quarterback Class of 1983 to be taken in the first round, Marino held or currently holds dozens of NFL records associated with the quarterback position. Despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, he is recognized as one of the greatest quarterbacks in American football history. Best remembered for his quick release and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 September 1961
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention.
I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.
Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system.
I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think.
Isn't Clayton a little old to still be playing?
I've always admired Coach Shula. I thought I'd be drafted a little sooner, but now I'm happy I wasn't and Miami was around to pick me.
Every quarterback, at the end, wants one more Sunday, with one more chance to go deep.
Don used to watch our practices. I never had the chance to throw Sonny Crockett a pass. Then again, he never had to bust me, either.
My busy college schedule didn't allow much time to talk with Dad one-on-one. So Dad wrote me letters. The letters were always positive and filled with advice and sayings I could carry with me. . . Those letters meant the world to me, knowing Dad always believed in me. I saved all those letters and have them. . . in my home today.
From talking to guys, it's pretty hectic and goes along really fast, ... It's going to be exciting. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so I think you just jump into it and enjoy it.
Of course, in the end, every quarterback wants one more Sunday with a football in his hands and going deep,
What Peyton is doing is phenomenal,'' Arizona head coach Dennis Green said.