Quotes by Dan Marino

About Dan Marino:

Daniel Constantine Marino, Jr. is an American former football player who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). The last quarterback of the Quarterback Class of 1983 to be taken in the first round, Marino held or currently holds dozens of NFL records associated with the quarterback position. Despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, he is recognized as one of the greatest quarterbacks in football history. Best remembered for his quick release and powerful arm, Marino led the Dolphins to the playoffs ten times in his seventeen-season career. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
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As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.

Dan Marino

I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is.

Dan Marino

If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.

Dan Marino

I know I've got to just keep throwing the ball. That's what I do best.

Dan Marino

I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.

Dan Marino

I think positive. I always think we're going to score. Two minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you're throwing every down. You have to make the right decisions. I've always had great receivers, which helps. It's not just me doing it.

Dan Marino

I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.

Dan Marino

I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like.

Dan Marino

I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.

Dan Marino

I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.

Dan Marino

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

Dan Marino

Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

Dan Marino

You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real.

Dan Marino

There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass.

Dan Marino

I think I'm going to be around awhile.

Dan Marino

Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system.

Dan Marino

I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.

Dan Marino

I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.

Dan Marino

My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.

Dan Marino

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.

Dan Marino

Author Bio

  • NameDan Marino
  • DescriptionAmerican football player, quarterback, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
  • AliasesDaniel Constantine Marino, Jr.
  • BornSeptember 15, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Poland
  • ProfessionSportsperson; NASCAR Team Owner; Actor