When I was little and something awful was happening my Mama would tell me to close my eyes.She was tryin' to keep… — Michael Oher Copy Share Image
People who watch 'The Blind Side,' they're not going to have a chance to get to know me. People I'm close to,… — Michael Oher Copy Share Image
You should hope for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have… — Michael Oher Copy Share Image
That’s why courage is tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why… — Michael Oher Copy Share Image
If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good. — Michael Oher Copy Share Image
Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake but you’re not supposed… — Michael Oher Copy Share Image
“People like to talk about "Cinderella stories," but Cinderella didn't get her happy ending without lifting a finger. She had to show up at… — Michael Oher Copy Share
I would have dreams all the time about me playing in the NFL. Every day I woke up, I said to myself, you know,… — Michael Oher Copy Share
Offensive linemen don't get looked at. Nobody is paying attention to the offensive line. But me? I'm getting watched for everything. I know what… — Michael Oher Copy Share
I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down inside, I… — Michael Oher Copy Share
I would have - I didn't really have to be an athlete. I could have been, you know - worked in fast food, been… — Michael Oher Copy Share
Of course, we all need angels. I had to have one over my head throughout my life, even right now. The odds of my… — Michael Oher Copy Share
I always felt that I was, you know, smart. I just didn't have a lot of the resources that everybody else had... It was… — Michael Oher Copy Share
It's never been about football, but about becoming the best and fullest person I could be. And to think that I went from the… — Michael Oher Copy Share
Family is very important. Me and my brothers were very close when I was growing up. We did a lot of things together to… — Michael Oher Copy Share
I think I could handle right tackle. With great coaches, I think I can handle anything. — Michael Oher Copy Share
I love Baltimore, I definitely look at it as home, somewhere I'm very comfortable. — Michael Oher Copy Share
I'm a left tackle. I like playing left tackle. That's my position. I think I can do it better than anybody. — Michael Oher Copy Share
There's a big difference between where I came from and the NFL. Things like this don't happen to people from there often. It just… — Michael Oher Copy Share
