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  • I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

    Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • When you win, nothing hurts.

  • I Was An NFL Player Until I was Fired By Two Cowards and a Bigot.

    Player   Nfl   Two  
    "https://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-player-until-i-was-fired-by-two-cowards-an-1493208214". deadspin.com. January 02, 2014.
  • As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.

    Source: bleacherreport.com
  • Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.

  • You know what we should do? We should just put flags on everybody. Let's make it the NFFL - the National Flag Football League. It's unbelievable.

  • He can be a great player in this league if he learns how to say two words: "I'm full."

    Player   Nfl   Two  
  • I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running.

  • People say I'll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.

  • I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

    "Robert Griffin III Prepares For NFL Draft, Talks Peyton Manning From Super Bowl 2012" By Chris Greenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 4, 2012.
  • But I will never say anything about who they are, what teams they are on. I'm just saying there's some famous people, and I'm not the only one.

    Team   Gay   Player  
    "Michael Sam: ‘I’m not the only gay person in the NFL’" by Charean Williams, www.star-telegram.com. March 26, 2015.
  • The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

  • A lot of times, guys are just out there playing and they'll just go and get you. I don't really think they're thinking about the helmet-to-helmet contact. You'll probably see a lot of players more hesitant before they make their hits.

    Player   Thinking   Guy  
  • Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.

    Stupid   Men   Thinking  
  • If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.

    Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books
  • Have we become a cupcake league? We already have better helmets and gear. Wonder how the old school players feel about this. Not in the back of minds when talking about 18 game season so let's play football please... Even guys using shoulders to hit are getting flagged for helmet-to-helmet. Defense is getting sloppy because guys are avoiding fines and will get worse if suspending comes into play.

  • As far as dude running the ball, or running with the ball, and somebody hit you helmet to helmet, I think you got an opportunity to go down. You got an opportunity to slide.

    "Clinton Portis: Crackdown on Hitting Could Make Game Less Exciting". Interview with Jason Reid, voices.washingtonpost.com. October 19, 2010.
  • Referring to the NFL Players' Association: I have one thing to say about the union: It's like Christopher Columbus. He didn't know where he was going. He didn't know where he was when he got there. He lost two-thirds of his ships along the way. And he did it with someone else's money.

    Player   Nfl   Two  
  • Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

    Quoted in L.A. Times, 5 Oct. 1963
  • My daughter MacKenzie is so important to me. I have a tattoo on my arm for her. My roommate gave me the name for her.

  • Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.

    Player   Nfl   Scotch  
  • Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

  • You play to win the game.

    News conference, Hempstead, N.Y., 30 Oct. 2002.
  • The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot.

    Mean   Gay   Player  
    "Michael Sam: ‘I’m not the only gay person in the NFL’" by Charean Williams, www.star-telegram.com. March 26, 2015.
  • I'm unemployed, and I don't believe I'm out of the NFL because I'm gay, but if it was a reason, it can hurt their livelihood, and you don't want to take that chance.

    Hurt   Believe   Gay  
  • I would have to say that first preseason game. Just to put the pads on as an NFL player for the first time. It's a humbling experience because you realize that you are here and now you have an opportunity to go to work and continue to better yourself as a player. It's what you work for as an athlete and you know once you get there the real work begins.

    Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com. June 9, 2014.
  • It's really hard because you only have that split-second to determine what to do. It's crazy. I try my best to use clear judgment and make clear decisions, but a lot of those collisions are unavoidable. You're either going to let them catch it and take a step to see what's going on, or there's going to be a collision.

    Crazy   Player   Decision  
  • Once you give an NFL player permission to have thoughts, you invite all kinds of mischief.

    Player   Nfl   Giving  
  • I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my talents. But you've got to prove that I can't play this game. If you look at the film, clearly I can. So, I'll leave it at that.

    Gay   Player   Games  
    "Michael Sam: ‘I’m not the only gay person in the NFL’" by Charean Williams, www.star-telegram.com. March 26, 2015.
  • I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.

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