Vinny Testaverde
Vinny Testaverde
Vincent Frank Testaverde Sr.is a former American football quarterback who played for 21 seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Miami, where he was an All-American and won the Heisman Trophy in 1986...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth16 November 1963
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
looking maybe next year
As players, we play for now. Maybe someone else is looking at that. But as a player, you don't know if you're going to be here next year or not.
chills coming everybody field giving remember rest running sends
This is big. Just coming home, running on the field and everybody giving me an ovation, it's one of those things you never forget. You remember that for the rest of your life. It sends chills through my body.
believe brooks fantastic job team
I thought Brooks did a fantastic job. He showed he can play and he got the team to believe in him.
ball boy browns cleveland defensive father good jeremy jim laugh upstairs
Jeremy was actually with the Cleveland Browns when I was there. His father was a defensive coach, Jim Bates. Jeremy was actually a ball boy when I was there. He was 15-years old. We had a good laugh upstairs a little while ago.
happy last owe year
I said, 'Hey Herm, don't feel like you owe me anything. This last year was like a bonus, I'm happy to be here.
history knowing past
Knowing his past history ... I was very concerned.
Just to get in and play, for me you couldn't have scripted a better ending.
both breath critical ends eye field game guess hold hope losing lost obviously okay situation today wayne win
Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.
becoming dreamed football great grew jet last york
If that was my last pass, it was a great way to end my career. It's been great for me to play football where I grew up. I always dreamed about becoming a New York Jet football player.
adversity along brings hold hopefully moments somehow special
Somehow we just have to hold it together. Sometimes when you have adversity it brings along special moments in life. Hopefully this can be one of them.
attitude few hope learned lesson lost maybe playoffs time win
By the time we realized, 'Hey, we can still play,' we lost a few games. At the end of the year, if we win one more game, we're in the playoffs. Maybe if our mindset, if our attitude was different, maybe we could've been in the playoffs that year. Let's hope we learned a lesson from that.
chills remember talking
I remember getting chills after the game. I'm getting chills right now, just talking about it.
best defense
I know it's early. But this is probably the best defense I've ever been around.
downs second short successful third
If you can be successful on first down, it makes second and third down a lot easier. You want to try to keep the third downs as short as possible, and one way to do that is to be successful on first downs.