Jon Kitna Quotations

When you get to the playoffs, you know you're the only game going on and you know everybody is watching and you know the ramifications. You have to maintain an even keel. You can be down 10 or up 10, you can't let that affect you.

I didn't really think that a rookie could be as far along as he is,

Basically, the money has been cut in half because there are more free agents on the market with less money to spend on them. This whole situation, it's not good for any of us and it's not good for the game. Something that was so healthy is now not so healthy.

I felt better in the second half in terms of being able to throw the ball where I wanted to throw it. I'm glad to have had (Sunday) so that if I have to go in a game in the postseason I feel like I'll be more prepared.

He will never tell you this, but he wants to be really, really good, ... It drives him. He wants to be the best at everything he does, whether it be football or pool or golf. That's why it is fun being with him. Neither of us will concede anything. He's never going to be satisfied as a football player.

He's a big part of our plan in those situations, ... He's someone who has learned what defenses are trying to do.

It almost brought me to tears going in there to see him.

That was an invitation, to me, to put my best foot forward. That's who I am. I love competitive situations.

Whether he watched or played every play that first year, I think Carson would be doing the same thing he's doing today.

The decisions he's making are awesome. He's just been so consistent, and he hasn't made any unforced errors. He's playing so well right now that we can falter a little bit in other areas and he's making up for it.

The decisions he's making are awesome, ... He's just been so consistent, and he hasn't made any unforced errors. He's playing so well right now that we can falter a little bit in other areas and he's making up for it.

We had that letdown, we didn't get that (second-half) field goal and it kind of deflated us. We never recovered from that.

This situation is easier for me because I know God is in control and this is what he wants, ... Whether I'm the first, second or third quarterback, I have to do the best I can with that role. I have to roll with it because I've spent nine years in a league I was told I couldn't make it in. I won't allow people to see this as disappointing now.

There's no sentiment in it for me. We still have a long road ahead of us. I think it's important for us to play well and fix some of the things that happened to us last week, but not at the detriment of next week's game. We have to be smart.

Other guys were shocked, ... It was discouraging.

That's what they said, right now you're the guy in the huddle. When we go to the number ones, you're in there. That's the way I approach it. There's not going to be any politics played here with the new staff. The best guy is going to play. I feel comfortable where I'm at.

There's been quite a bit of interest. More than I expected.

It was a weird game. You felt like they were trying to hurry up and get the game over with, so they could get to (the playoffs).

I never expected to come here and have the job handed to me.

I'm one who likes a challenge mentally as well as physically. He challenges you with the system. I love every minute of it.

I remember being 2-0, and that's what I expected to be,

In this league, you've got to have strong leadership; you've got to be able to handle the ups and downs, ... Nobody had been through the ups here. We didn't have that structure set up to back the leadership that was in place. The inmates were running the asylum.

In this league, there's no substitute for getting experience.

Cincinnati was worse. They said Cincinnati was the quarterback graveyard, and I'm still alive.

He's very detailed. There's nothing that goes by the wayside. He sees everything. But the great thing about it is he's going to give us every opportunity to be successful.

I felt terrible for him. The only chance I got to see him was at halftime, and that was briefly. It almost brought me tears going in there and seeing him. I consider him my best friend. I felt terrible for him, to have to go down that way.

The hardest thing for me is getting the timing back. But I was glad I had the chance today. If I go into a game in the postseason, then I feel like I will be more prepared.