Steve McNair
Steve McNair
Stephen LaTreal McNair, nicknamed Air McNair, was an American football quarterback in the National Football League. He spent a majority of his career with the Houston/Tennessee Oilers – Tennessee Titans and also played for the Baltimore Ravens...
names tradition family-tradition
It was the family tradition. I wanted to live up to the name-McNair.
winning people want
I want people to say when No. 9 was out on the field, he did everything humanly possible to win a ballgame.
real winning opportunity
The sense of urgency is real for me, because the window of opportunity is closing. Gotta get back to the Super Bowl, gotta get back there and win it.
team winning awards
I'm not out trying to prove anything. All I'm trying to do is go out there and help my team any way I can to win. I don't get caught up in the individual stats or the awards.
football running play
I really find myself doing a lot better when I'm injured, so sometimes I look forward to it. This is the style that I play-being physical, running the football, making adjustments on the pass, avoiding the rush. Those sorts of things go with the total package of a quarterback.
thinking ability wells
I think I've always had the abilities, but the object has been to perform as well as I can.
people pressure great-things
I've never believed anyone could put more pressure on me than I put on myself. People expect great things from me. I expect great things from myself.
pain fire giving
I actually enjoy the pain. That's what gives me the fire inside to get up and keep going.
play pressure harder
Pressure is what you make of it. It makes me play harder.
nfl able today
The tide has changed. You have to be able to improvise in today's NFL.
hurt play games
With the physical mindset I play the game with, I expect to get hurt.
somewhere-else people proud
I'm proud of where I come from. A lot of people leave Mississippi, and their claim to fame is somewhere else. But I have so many moral values that made me the person I am now.
fields unstoppable feels
When I get on the field, I feel unstoppable.
decision offense
The offense we've got, we can keep the quarterback healthy. I think that's something the organization made the decision to do. We've just got to go out and live up to what we have to do.