Vinny Testaverde
Vinny Testaverde
Vincent Frank Testaverde Sr.is a former American football quarterback who played for 21 seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Miami, where he was an All-American and won the Heisman Trophy in 1986...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth16 November 1963
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
backing center jets joe kid man named
I think I was under center for the Jets in that one. I was backing up a kid named Joe Namath, who is probably the only man in the world who makes me look fast.
becoming dreamed football great grew jet last york
If that was my last pass, it was a great way to end my career. It's been great for me to play football where I grew up. I always dreamed about becoming a New York Jet football player.
chills coming everybody field giving remember rest running sends
This is big. Just coming home, running on the field and everybody giving me an ovation, it's one of those things you never forget. You remember that for the rest of your life. It sends chills through my body.
happened situations
It's inexcusable. It's unfortunate, but when those situations come up we have to go on as if nothing ever happened with Kevin.
history knowing past
Knowing his past history ... I was very concerned.
downs second short successful third
If you can be successful on first down, it makes second and third down a lot easier. You want to try to keep the third downs as short as possible, and one way to do that is to be successful on first downs.
adversity along brings hold hopefully moments somehow special
Somehow we just have to hold it together. Sometimes when you have adversity it brings along special moments in life. Hopefully this can be one of them.
happy last owe year
I said, 'Hey Herm, don't feel like you owe me anything. This last year was like a bonus, I'm happy to be here.
gone
It couldn't have gone down any better than this.
chills remember talking
I remember getting chills after the game. I'm getting chills right now, just talking about it.
teaching trying understand
It's not about teaching me how to play quarterback. It's about making us understand what we're trying to get done that week.
afraid drop everybody game hit overthrow
I told him that if I get in the game, he's going to come out of the tunnel, I'm going to overthrow everybody and hit him in the end zone. He said he was afraid he was going to drop it, though.
looking maybe next year
As players, we play for now. Maybe someone else is looking at that. But as a player, you don't know if you're going to be here next year or not.
action brooks felt game good injury last next putting throw
Putting the game aside, it felt good to get back in there. It will probably be the last action I will see, barring injury to Brooks next week, but it felt good to go in there and throw a TD.