Phil Simms
Phil Simms
Phillip Martin Simmsis a former American football quarterback who spent his entire 14-year professional career playing for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He is currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After playing college football at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football Leaguewith the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft. Simms was named Most Valuable Playerof Super Bowl XXI,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth3 November 1954
CitySpringfield, KY
CountryUnited States of America
Playing well and winning the Super Bowl helped my credibility. Otherwise, when I'd give an opinion, people would say, 'What has he done?' If I didn't win that Super Bowl, I'd probably be coaching somewhere. TV would not be an option for me. So, (winning the Super Bowl) does help.
Bill and I have never talked about it to this day, ... except for one little thing he said to me a few years ago: 'You are so lucky you didn't come.'
Everyone's trying to find reasons why the Patriots can't do it, ... Here we go again. I'm sure all across America today fans are saying, 'This is it this is going to finally get the Patriots.'
Of course Steve McNair is not going to get paid like Tom Brady and Michael Vick, but so what? But he should get his, and it shouldn't crush the football team.
No one else knew him like the Jets did. And it's important that you hire people you know sometimes because it gives everyone in the organization a level of comfort. You know this person has the level of belief in the things you want carried out.
Make Denver make the decision here. In other words, put pressure on Mike Shanahan. What's he gonna do? Is he gonna run it and maybe waste a down because it might not gain a lot of yards, or does he take the chance and throw it and if it's incomplete it stops the clock. That's what the Patriots are hoping for.
When you're angry, you're grinding at what you're doing all week. You pay attention. Sometimes when you feel good about yourself, you don't cross a few T's.
It has rained 20 straight days. Are you willing to bet it's not going to rain the 21st?
Look at the two New York quarterbacks, Joe Namath and myself. We've done a lot with one damn game. That's just the truth.
I said things to Bill that were so cruel and so over the top and so out of place that I couldn't repeat them. One curse word after another, horrendously negative, hateful things.
Whatever it takes to make yourself a little angry.
What impresses me is the energy it takes, emotionally and physically, to constantly do that. To do that in a game, that means you've got to do it in practice, too. What if he's under the weather a bit one week?
He can stay relaxed and throw the ball down the field better than anybody in the NFL.
Would it be a surprise to you if I said the Dallas Cowboys? ... I liked what I saw of the Cowboys in the preseason. I liked their schemes. I liked their energy.