Athlete Quotes

I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.

We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.

Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him.

Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.

It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.

I was the law and order.

I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend.

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have.

Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.

If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.

I'm not out here to win a beauty contest.

I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

Why do I jave to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest.

Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.

With roadracing, it takes a lot more time and money.