Once you give an NFL player permission to have thoughts, you invite all kinds of mischief. — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl. — Bill Peterson Copy Share Image
The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot. — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
We've now found CTE in former NFL players who played every position except kicker. — Ann McKee Copy Share Image
We're professionals. We're NFL players. We get paid to do a job, to go out there and execute the plan. — DeSean Jackson Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids,… — Rick Reilly Copy Share Image
They test NFL players for brain trauma. They track them for the life of their career and even outside of their career.… — Liz Carmouche Copy Share Image
If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was… — Bo Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
I think that, in all of my time, I got just one fan letter, from an NFL fullback named Darian Barnes. NFL… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
The ability to overcome pain can be a testament to the human spirit, and it's oftentimes what sets NFL players apart from… — Mark Schlereth Copy Share Image
What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining. — Mike Ditka Copy Share Image
I had to add Oguchi into the list. After all, he’s a soccer player—fittest athletes ever. At 6'4 210 pounds, he's one… — Charlie Davies Copy Share Image
I definitely think that a lot of these fighters should be taken care of long-term. But I feel like we're in that… — Cub Swanson Copy Share Image
You look at guys with significant Alzheimer's and dementia and the mood swings and the suicides that unfortunately NFL players have been… — Joe Thomas Copy Share Image
I have a little easier time watching the NFL than college or high school. I used to go to the high school… — Ann McKee Copy Share Image
I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my… — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
I think as a veteran player, in general, you should feel that sense of responsibility to try to lead these guys to… — Champ Bailey Copy Share Image
Have we become a cupcake league? We already have better helmets and gear. Wonder how the old school players feel about this.… — Phillip Daniels Copy Share Image
Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going… — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is… — Roger Goodell Copy Share Image
As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys… — Russell Wilson Copy Share Image
Narcissism is a trait universally unappreciated by human beings, and NFL players fall into this human bucket. — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
Terry Bradshaw couldn’t spell ‘cat’ if you spotted him the ‘C’ and the ‘A’. — Thomas Henderson Copy Share Image
He can be a great player in this league if he learns how to say two words: "I'm full." — Jerry Glanville Copy Share Image
Being tough is probably the biggest thing that NFL players are known for, having that kind of toughness. — Rashad Evans Copy Share Image
I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras Copy Share Image
Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. — Doug Plank Copy Share Image
When we see active and former NFL players uniting with owners and the League to address injustice, we can see the way… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
It's pretty simple for me; I believe all people are created equal, regardless of their sexuality. To promote respect and acceptance is… — Steve Gleason Copy Share Image
I think that the NFL Players Association has to put more restrictions on the agents like the NCAA has put restrictions on… — Mack Brown Copy Share Image
Considering football's level of brute, immanent physicality, high turnover as well as the short life cycle of its participants, it would seem… — Todd Gurley Copy Share Image
You know what we should do? We should just put flags on everybody. Let's make it the NFFL - the National Flag… — Brian Urlacher Copy Share Image
