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Q: Do you think of yourself as a leader?

Delhomme: “I don’t think you can teach leadership. I don’t care what anybody says, you can try all you want but you want the guys to know you mean it. The guys can tell if it’s fake, if it’s false enthusiasm or what not. I feel I am a leader, but I feel I am a leader in the right way. I prepare well and I am going to do whatever I can to win for them. I think that’s the first thing. When I am out on the field, if it’s me trying to throw a block, I’m going to try and throw a block. I may get teased about it the next day in film but that’s fine with me because I know they see that I’m trying to do whatever it takes to win. I’ll try whatever it takes. I’m a rah-rah guy, meaning that I get fired up but I’m not one to get on somebody, because you have to know. As quarterback you have to be part psychologist half the time. You have to know who to pat and who to chew out. You just develop good relationships with guys. If that adds up to being a leader, then I guess it does. It’s just something I have done all my life. You want to get guys to believe in you and play for you.�

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