Mark Sanchez signed today for five years and $28 million in guaranteed money, with $60 million the ceiling with incentives. Here’s what he and Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum had to say about the 47-page contract.

“A lot of hard work was put into this, but, for me, it’s only the tip of the iceberg,” Mark Sanchez said. “There is so much more that I want to accomplish and this doesn’t assume that you’re going to be successful.

“It’s going to take a lot of hard work. I’m fortunate enough to be on a great team. Signing this deal doesn’t mean that Bart Scott isn’t coming after me tomorrow (laughter). He’s going to be there talking just like Big Jenk (Kris Jenkins) and all those guys. Nothing changes on the football front. I have to keep my same mindset and stay focused. Bart’s probably going to want a nice breakfast or something (laughing). I don’t know, we’ll figure it out.”

On being the highest-paid player in team history…

“It means the world to me to put myself in a position like this and work hard enough to get here,” Sanchez said. “Obviously, I’m thankful to the Jets and the organization here, but this is just the beginning and that comes with a lot of responsibility just like being the quarterback here. I’ll be working every day on and off the field to justify this contract and let the Jets know, like I said, that this is the first of many contracts.”

Rex Ryan on the signing…

“I’m just happy for Mark and for (Jets general manager) Mike Tannenbaum and the football staff that the business stuff is behind them where Mark is concerned. From here on out it’s about football. He’s a great young man who has been working hard since he got in here and I’m excited that we have him in the fold.”

Tannenbaum On why the contract is five years instead of six years…

“Without getting into all of the details, there were tradeoffs,” Tannenbaum said. “Where we are today in 2009 we just felt that was the appropriate place. I think, overall, the deal is good for both sides.”

On Sanchez saying that he wanted to sign early…

“I recorded that so I played it back a couple of times (smiling),” Tannenbaum said. “Every time they asked for something unreasonable I just played that. I would just say that Mark is a sincere person; I think that you get that feeling from him. You have two sides working in good faith. Sometimes you hear that some teams try to make draft day deals setting parameters. Quite frankly, we didn’t get on the clock until there were about two-and-a-half minutes left on draft day because of the complexities of the deal with Cleveland. When you make a trade involving players you have to put conditions in. If Kenyon Coleman fails his physical what does Cleveland get? It’s a pretty complicated conversation when you have 10 minutes on the clock. We didn’t have the fifth pick in the draft until there was about two-and-a-half minutes left to go. Did you get hit by a bus? Are you OK? We don’t really have time to get into in-depth negotiations. It was really more based on our understanding of Mark and (Sanchez’ agent Dave) Dunn, who I think is a really good agent. What Mark said publicly he said privately as well. We didn’t really have a lot of time there to talk parameters because of the complexities of the trade with Cleveland.”

Tannenbaum on how this affects Thomas Jones’ and Leon Washington’s contract…

“They’re compartmentalized, this was part of the working pool and those other two players (Jones and Washington) are both under contract,” Tannenbaum said. “I’m glad they’re here. I can understand the question, but they’re really not related from a standpoint that one’s a rookie contract and those guys are veteran players.”