Be a tough-minded optimist.

I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

— Jerry Rice

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet…

— Jay Leno

Let's face it, you have to have a slightly recessive gene that has a little something to do with the brain to go out…

— Tim Green

There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day,…

— Lawrence Taylor

When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I tell people this story,…

— Jovan Adepo

Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw,…

— Mike Singletary

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it…

— Junior Seau

The best part of it for me is the idea that this group of young men, who came together and believed in themselves, bought…

— Tom Coughlin

If you're honest with yourself, that's the first step in maturing and becoming a better person. If you suppress your shortcomings and fears, they…

— Keith Millard

I'm gonna say it one more time. We are Georgia Southern. Our colors are blue and white. We call ourselves the Bald Eagles. We…

— Erk Russell

Discipline and diligence are up there on the list, but one of the most important qualities of many really successful people is humility. If…

— Todd Blackledge

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

— Marv Levy

I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop…

— Dave Barry

I am the least likely person in the world to be in an American football film! Which is why I couldn't say no to…

— Rhys Ifans

Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for.

— Ernie Davis