"To me the essence of leadership is performance," Verduzco said. "Albert Einstein was a leader — maybe a reluctant leader. But because of his performance in physics, he had a lot of credibility. People listened to him. Alexander the Great was a tremendous leader. A proactive guy. By his performance and how he did things — albeit how young he was — he was a tremendous leader."
Then there's this: "You obviously want to talk to the head coach. You'd like to talk to the offensive coordinator, but you'd also like to talk to the defensive coach because the head coach and offensive coordinator might try to protect (the quarterback), ya know what I’m saying?