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May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright, Of soft and golden hue, Pierce through the future's veil and show, What fate now holds for you?
Truth be told, that's really one of the small reasons that I wanted to get out; because everybody knows your business in Charlotte.
I don't think teams play this game to hurt other guys. I don't think that's the story. We don't play this game to hurt one another.
I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.
You just work at it. You just keep grinding away, keep trying to get better, and if you got the ability, one day you have a chance.
If you're mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It's about the same.
I find it more enjoyable investing time doing what pleases me, rather than wasting precious time attempting to please everyone else.
The Steelers drafted guys who were bigger, stronger and faster than me, but they never found one who could take my job away from me.
I've always liked to run. I did it from a conditioning standpoint, you know. I really enjoyed running, and I do it to stay in shape.
You can't live in Orange County and train in Thousand Oaks. OK? you just can't. Not with the hours we put in. We have to be on time.
I'm not a real big text guy. I'm not really into this new age stuff. I don't twit or tweet, but I think face-to-face is a man thing.
How can you say you want to be somewhere when you're not really sure if they want you there because they're not even talking to you?
There's no question I'm responsible for some of the plays and some of the games we haven't won. I'm not going to shy away from that.
You can find rumors on anything on the Internet. I think I could even find rumors on the Internet that I get too worked up in games.
There's no question in my mind: not only am I going to be able to make it through 16 games, I'll make it through another five years.
You can't be everything to everybody, but you can be everything to somebody. Don't lose the ones you love trying to please the world
Football is about winning; it's that simple. You have to love what you do. If you're here for the money, than you don't belong here.
As flashy as draft picks are, the reality of them helping out in Year One anyway is not necessarily the case. That's not the reality.
Utah will always be special to me. They were the school that gave me an opportunity, and I grew so much as a person and player there.
The outpouring of support from health professionals who want to volunteer for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts has been tremendous.
But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.
Sometimes you've got to do things you don't want to do. Doing the right thing is not always comfortable; it doesn't always feel good.
People who are given a lot, a lot is expected out of them. I realize that, but I also realize expectations are unrealistic sometimes.
I feel like I'm just like anyone else. I just happen to play football, and obviously with that comes responsibility, but I love that.
Back in the '80s and '90s, you could hit the quarterback low, you could hit the quarterback high. You could hit him pretty much late.
It's a terrific honor. To be associated with the number of people who represent the Cradle of Coaches, it's sort of unreal in a sense.
Flat fields produce mediocre grapes, but rolling hills produce the greatest grapes. Why? Because the vines must struggle for survival.
I was kinda scared. I thought Detroit was gonna take me. I would've asked them for so much money they would have to put me on layaway.
No matter what your accomplishments are, the records you've broken, etc., when a team is ready to move in a direction - they're ready.
I go crazy trying to energize people, 'cause that's what I am. I'm a battery. If you're down, you can plug into me and get charged up.
It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking about.
You don't want to be one of these guys talking all the time, trying to say things all the time, because people start drowning you out.
Finding real friends - that's something that was an obstacle for me. And learning how to deal with my problems and talking about them.
You only fail if you don't finish the game. If you finish you win. You have to measure what you started out with by what you overcome.
I want the Saints to be one of those teams where when other teams see us on the schedule, they know they're in for one hell of a game.
Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.
I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.
Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.
It is what it is. I balled out, had some good years, man, had fun and did it with some guys and made relationships that will never end.
The team needs me out there on the field. And sometimes you allow that to jeopardize yourself, but that's just the nature of the world.
If I can encourage and get somebody to get through what they're dealing with, their set of circumstances, that's the right thing to do.
I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.
One of the more difficult things is the time. Either you are going 100 miles an hour, or you are sleeping. There is nothing in between.
I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.
I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid. I didn't want to hurt anyone.
I love football. The games are a pure rush. By the time I'm done playing, I want to be among the best tight ends ever to play the game.
I have been playing this game since I was 7 years old, and to all of a sudden recognize that you're not going to do it anymore is hard.
The internet has a way of mainstreaming everything. Any artist, any musician, any sexual kink, any political view point, it's all there.
There are two kinds of people in the world, Notre Dame lovers and Notre Dame haters. And, quite frankly, they're both a pain in the ass.
There's no class to manage people. There's no class to teach on how to handle millions. There's no class to teach us how to manage time.