Editor's note: Steve Young talked recently with ESPN.com about his scheduled workout with Michael Vick.

Before the Super Bowl was played in New Orleans, a reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked me what I thought about Michael Vick. I said I could imagine what he was experiencing as a mobile NFL quarterback because I went through the same thing during my career. I also expressed an interest in meeting Vick.

Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves must have read the story because he later called me and asked if I wanted to coach. While I wasn't interested in coaching, I told Dan I would love to sit down and talk to Mike if I could ever get to Atlanta.

It just so happens that my foundation -- the Forever Young Foundation -- along with the NFL, Sun Microsystems and Foundry Networks is opening a youth education town center next month in Atlanta. So I called Coach Reeves and told him I would be in Atlanta sometime during the Falcons' minicamp from July 10-12, giving me an opportunity to meet Michael.

Mike probably has more raw ability than any quarterback who has ever played in the NFL. Coach Reeves and I talked about some of the issues Mike faces as he transitions from a playmaker into an NFL quarterback, and Coach felt it would be helpful for me to share my insights with him.

My biggest problem when I was younger was trying to balance my ability with what the team needed me to do to officially run the offense. Every coach wants his quarterback to move the chains and to throw a touchdown pass. Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as whether he actually does it or not.

While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently. For example, if the fullback was open, I could throw to him for five yards. I knew I could run faster and gain more yards, but over the long haul operating the offense the right way was more important than gaining yards any way I could.

I appreciate what Mike has said about me, that I was his idol growing up. My hero was Roger Staubach. I had a poster of him from 1977. I learned to throw a football using the grip Roger had on the poster. When I came out of college as a young quarterback, if Roger had said to me, "Let me give you some tips," I would have said, "That's fine. Sounds good to me!"

I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback. Over the last few months I have been meeting with Brandon Doman, whom the 49ers drafted in the fifth round from BYU. He is in San Francisco, and I know his family.

All I want to do is to start a dialogue with Mike. The meeting will not be an end-all; it's just the beginning, the first day I'll be able to spend time with him. It's not like I'm leading him to the Holy Grail, passing on a secret that will guide him to the Super Bowl next season. But there are some issues for him to deal with as an athletic quarterback.

If the meeting goes well, I hope to continue the relationship with Mike, over long distance or some other way.