Trent Dilfer
Trent Dilfer
Trent Farris Dilferis a former football quarterback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sixth overall in the 1994 NFL Draft and went on to play for the Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at California State University, Fresno. Dilfer was a Pro Bowl selection with the Buccaneers in 1997, and won the Super Bowl with the Ravens as their starting quarterback in Super Bowl XXXV...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth13 March 1972
CitySanta Cruz, CA
When you're not playing well as a quarterback, what I've learned is, you can't panic. The challenge with this football team is, when things go bad, people get frustrated. My challenge is not to let that happen.
My focus was not letting that happen. I never hung my head. I knew I wasnt playing good, but I also knew I had a bunch of football left.
They feel so sorry for me because I am so old that I think they are playing a little better than they normally would.
Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.
But I never hung my head. I knew I wasn't playing good, but I knew there was a lot of football left.
The guy next to me is going to be best player out here when he starts doing it full time. A lot of us have been playing other sports.
This week we're playing against a great front seven, ... a team that knows how to pressure the quarterback and overload the run game and make you run uphill.
kind words after football games when they beat us up. That meant the world to me.
We're not afraid to say what we think we're going to do. I'm not a big believer in talking before the game, but this team has the ability to back up pretty much anything it says.
(He) doesn't really need a mentor anymore. Maybe the first couple years, I walked him through some things. But I look at him as a peer now.
Whatever RAC (Crennel's initials) wants, that's what I'll do.
But that's not me. I feel most alive when I'm being challenged, when there is pressure involved. I felt like I was dying as a football player. And I always felt that I've never met my potential as a football player in this league. I was hoping to get one more chance. I didn't think I would.
I hate speculating about that because I've had things that have hurt so bad before I didn't think I'd be able to walk and I was fine the next day. I've had stuff that hasn't hurt that bad and it holds you out.
I felt like I prepared great for the game. Unfortunately, I just didn't play as well as I wanted to.