Athlete Quotes

It's nice to have a situation where you can make it fun.

It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me.

I think the only time I doubted myself was my senior year in high school. I was not offered a Division I scholarship. I remember a scout from Ohio State coming in and looking at my film. He was all excited to meet me. Then he met me and I was 5'10" and he said that I was not a Division I quarterback

I live for the Red Sox. I thoroughly enjoy them. For whatever reason, baseball has been a lot more fun for me in recent years. I loosely follow the Patriots and I root for them. I loosely follow the Celtics and then it gets to playoff time and I don't miss a game. Same with the Bruins. I'm not the d

Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing.

Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of college. I still have the same attitude about football I always had. I play hard. I enjoy practice. I'd rather be throwing in passing drills than sitting around and watching TV

But I'll tell you this: When I lose my athleticism, it's time to go.

Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations.

A guy that's undersized has to prove himself right away.

You never know what you're going to get as a receiver.

When I retired in 2002 I had retired to stay home with my family and didn't necessarily think my playing days were over.

We knew the people in Natick and knew the teachers that would be teaching our children. It was important for us to be involved in the Natick community because we think so highly of it.

The opportunity to go up to Canada and play was just a blessing for me and my family.

In the NFL, every practice could make or break you. If you dropped one ball, you'd worry about getting cut.

I was a borderline guy in the NFL.

I think the Canadian Football League is a great league, but it's not the NFL, and I'm not Jerry Rice.

I obviously have a lot of love and affection for the people of Hamilton from playing there for so long.

I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career.

As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.

They call it golf because all the other four letter words were taken.

It's going to you know, I can't go out there and shoot par and win. Everybody is playing well, and I think you'll have to go out tomorrow and have 4 , 5 , 6 under par probably.

I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more.

I guess what was going to come back came back on Monday. Of course now I've played a different golf course. I've played two practice rounds and two tournament rounds all kind of the same and now today I've played a different golf course.

How can you get tired of playing golf?

They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.

If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class.

If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.

The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.