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My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this day about those things.
When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.
There will be good and bad, right and wrong. Your reaction of choice, good or bad, has consequences that affect you and those around you.
I don't even know if you're allowed to say this. But just like you can't be a little bit pregnant, you also can't be a little bit spread.
The one thing I learnt going to Italy was there's no real change in how the game should be played, but how players look after themselves.
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
Capitalistic society teaches kids to be No. 1, but true self-esteem doesn't come from money. It doesn't come from winning the Super Bowl.
You've got to make sure that every body's putting in the work and you've got to have the discipline to go out there and get the job done.
People who believe in ghosts think that dead people can walk through locked doors. Nonsense - they have to use a key like the rest of us.
Sometimes you want to ease into the situation and maybe sit in the back row for a while and allow time to get adjusted and then speak up.
There are teams that are fair-haired, and those that aren't so fair-haired. Some teams are named Smith, some Grabowski. We're Grabowskis!
There's no way to measure or properly express what a family like mine can mean. Mom, Dad, Cooper, Eli, extended family, you are the best.
When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
You will find that success in life comes far easier when you maintain a cool head and a warm heart, rather than a hot head and cold feet.
Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
Don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a new approach isn't quitting. If you quit you'll regret it forever
'Black Panther' had a whole cast of beautiful black brilliance. Black scientists. Black presidents. The style. The technology. The color.
Any kid who grew up with an alcoholic parent will tell you how nauseating it feels never to know what it will be like when you come home.
I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.
You know, I think He honestly does care about how we play on the field, more than anything more than win or lose our hearts on the field.
I'm a pretty casual dresser. At home, it's probably whatever is functional to relax in, whether it's a pair of sweats or a pair of jeans.
You have to think about your image and how you want people to view you. And if it becomes too much, people will get kind of tired of you.
Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
If you start something, you shouldn't quit; that is what we were taught. If you're going to play, you might as well play to be your best.
I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.
I'm teaming up with Quaker and PLAY 60 to encourage kids to eat right, stay active and do something outside for at least 60 minutes a day.
I'm glad I got to play 15 years. I'm not scarred by the fact I didn't do better, or win more. I don't even talk about it, other people do.
Either you can lie down or you can stand up and say, 'I'm going to be a man about it, go out and deal with the pain and help my team win.'
But if it comes down to next year, I'll be picketing outside of Halas Hall for a new deal, a new contract, because I'm not going anyplace.
But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.
I used to come to practice and go through the motions. I don't do that anymore. I look forward to practices. I even enjoy the windsprints.
As you gain experience, you mature as an individual, and along with that comes the confidence that you have the ability to solve problems.
I was a Packers fan growing up, and just to see the way he played the game and how excited he was about it all the time, he's my favorite.
I learned to never say never and never say no, so I decided to go pro. I knew I'd have an opportunity to be a defensive player in the NFL.
It has really filled a big space, especially since I have been so-called retired - although I haven't noticed my schedule slacking at all.
You can't sleep. Broke people sleep. You got to be willing to sacrifice sleep, if you sleep you may miss the opportunity to be successful.
I have the best wife and six wonderful children. And I'm proud to report that my future will always be bright with the family that I have.
You want to go out there and you want to show up for your teammates every Sunday, and you do everything you can to make sure that happens.
Football is not a game for the weak of heart, because every day you've got a hundred reasons to take all those pads off and say, 'F-k it.'
You hold everybody that's Polynesian or Samoan on your shoulders. You want to do your best to represent that in the best way that you can.
The best way to handle good fortune is to do something positive and useful with it. The best way to handle misfortune is exactly the same.
I fight for the man next to me. It don't matter about me, what matters about me is sacrificing for you; for the ultimate goal which is us.
What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.
No one coaches what to do after three seconds, after the quarterback's broken the pocket or he's been in the pocket for five, six seconds.
I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there's a place for it, that it should serve as a deterrent.
We are at a critical point where rapid change is forcing us to look not just to new ways of solving problems but to new problems to solve.
I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up.
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.
As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and that is where our focus lies.