Matthew Stafford Quotations

My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

I worked with AXE Hair to do a promo shoot for the ESPYs and ESPN - it's all about having girl-approved hair. They have a newer product out there with the hair stuff - shampoo, conditioner and all the styling products that they have.

People have been trying to figure out what I want to do. But I'm not even sure.

Julius Peppers is probably 6'7 and 300 pounds. The great players spend all year round training for 16 games. It isn't fun being on the receiving end.

That was not indicative of how those guys can play.

We're always competing, but it's going to be a big day just because we're in a live game situation. It doesn't matter what you do in seven-on-seven or one-on-one, it's what you do when you get all the people around you.

We don't want to get hurt, and it's relaxing.

I've always been a fan of the SEC, ACC, down south. I never was a real big fan of Texas. It's not that I don't like them, but I grew up a Florida State fan.

After I played I had trouble remembering what happened because it was so much faster. The speed just floored me. I was 0-3 passing, and I was so nervous I threw my first pass in the stands.

As a football team, you head into the season the same way with confidence and a positive mindset that you are going to win a bunch of football games.

Third down and long is the toughest situation for any offensive coordinator in the NFL.

I want to commit early so I can concentrate on the high school season. Next year, I don't want to sit around taking phone calls all day.

I'm excited, definitely. I'm just going to try to go out there and play. I'll miss some stuff, I know, but I'll hit some stuff, too.

In Detroit, the quarterbacks lift with all the linebackers and running backs and everybody else, so I'm doing that whole thing.

I'm just trying to pick up as much as I can every day.

I'm just trying to go out there and play as good as I can. That's not indicative of either of those two guys. They're both really good players, and some of that stuff wasn't their fault. They're good players and I'm just trying to jump in and learn as best I can.

I really like 'Gladiator.' I like 'The Dark Knight.' I really liked, when I was a kid, 'U.S. Marshalls.' I like funny movies, too. 'Old School' and 'The Hangover.' 'The Hangover' was up there; I liked it.

He's got a lot of speed, a lot of talent. I expected him to do stuff when we got the ball in his hands on short routes, but he's been running deep routes well, getting open and catching everything we throw to him.