Cardinals QB Warner retires

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 00:00

Kurt Warner officially announced his retirement last Friday afternoon at the Cardinals’ headquarters after 12 seasons.

“I’m excited about spending time with my family and the plans God has in store for me next,” Warner said in a 40-minute press briefing, looking great and showing his usual class. “The one thing I want to leave people with is that I’m a living example that, when you make yourself useful and God wants to use you in a special way, anything is possible.”

When asked what he planned on doing moving forward, the two-time league MVP said he would definitely be involved in ministry and “impacting people’s lives.”

“What that means, I don’t exactly know,” Warner said. “Maybe I’ll get into TV or radio. That will be determined by my time constraints. Right now my family is my priority.”

Warner walks away from a two-year contract that had one year remaining on it, worth about $11.5 million. Wow, that’s what I call making a decision !

Clearly, Warner was a special athlete who was almost too good to be true, both on and off the field. In addition to being named the league’s MVP in 1999 and 2001, he was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV, a four time Pro Bowler and only one of two quarterbacks to start for two different teams in the Super Bowl (Rams and Cardinals).

He excelled in the playoffs, owning a league-record 102.8 postseason passer rating, and he registered the three highest passing-yardage totals in pro football’s ultimate showcase.

Rams owner Chip Rosenbloom echoed the thoughts of most everyone in the pro football community in a press release praising Warner.

“Kurt Warner epitomized the finest qualities that can be attributed to an athlete,” said Rosenbloom. “He is a gentleman, competitor and, most of all, a winner whose achievements and contributions go far beyond the field of play….In a time when many shun the label of role model, Kurt embraced and exemplified it. He is a man of our time and for our time.”

Warner, with his movie-star looks and genuinely classy personality, will undoubtedly excel in the broadcast business, in a manner similar to Tony Dungy, should he decide to go that route.

We might see him sooner than later, this time looking down on the field from the commentators’ booths.

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Cardinals QB Warner retires

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