Rich Gannon Quotations

I am very proud with my association with the Oakland Raiders. I am very thankful to Mr. (Al) Davis (team owner) for giving me that opportunity to play in 1999.

I am very proud with my association with the Oakland Raiders, ... I am very thankful to Mr. (Al) Davis (team owner) for giving me that opportunity to play in 1999.

I enjoyed the opportunity to do the Vikings games, but this is an opportunity to work with Kevin, and it makes a lot of sense.

He'll be fine. He'll come back and be as good as ever.

I was not able to continue to play physically and that really takes everything out for a player like myself.

We really struggled. The only team that beat them twice in that Super Bowl year was New Orleans. They ran the ball effectively, and that's what you have to do against Tampa.

As far as the decision to retire, it was an easy one for me, ... It really was not my decision. I was not able to continue to play physically. That really takes all the guess work out of it for a player like myself, who still feels that he's got enough left in his tank and enough left in his arm and his legs to continue to play.

This happens to quarterbacks who are able to stay in a system for a number of years and not have to change verbiage and reads, ... We've changed a little bit, but this happens to all of them. It does slow down for them, because they see things more clearly.

It was an opportunity I couldn't pass up because I can still prepare, watch film, analyze and break down opponents, ... Instead of holding a helmet and a ball I'll be holding a microphone.

That's a major difference. My shoulder was already damaged, and I still came back. I threw the ball fine.

I never took one day in my NFL career for granted. I realized how fortunate I was to be playing a game I loved.

I never took one day in my NFL career for granted, ... I realized how fortunate I was to be playing a game I loved.