Best 66 quotes of Terrell Owens on MyQuotes

A lot of emotional stress that people go through, some people figure out a way to handle it. They have a strong enough support system to keep going and keep moving forward. And some people, they feel like they don't have that outlet.

A lot of people expect to see the same type of character that they see on the field off the field, and that throws them for a loop.

A lot of people think I'm stuck up. Pretty much that I'm arrogant. I only do that when I'm on the field.

As you get to know me, you kind of figure me out, that I'm not as probably as bad of a guy that I've been reported to be. I'm not that jerk.

But if you look at the big scheme of things, I have never failed, regardless of anything I have had to go through: from Dallas, to the sharpie, to me getting involved with a debate with my coach, a lot of people look to see my fail.

But [Sunday] as you saw, it was obviously [the media] took some more than initiative to try to get me to kind of go down the wrong path. I know the last two teams that I've been on, I felt like I left those teams prematurely due to media interviews that I've done and things kind of taken out of context and they created sort of a media whirlwind in the locker room and things kind of went downhill from there. I'm just trying to do the best job I can do as far as answering the questions and trying to be a better teammate and not try to throw people under the bus.

Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.

Everybody is not going to be squeaky clean. All the guys they are giving these marketing endorsement deals are the ones going out there getting in trouble. That is what is really puzzling to me. They will take a chance on the so call good image guy and they are the ones that go out there and screw it all up. You have not seen my face go across the screen for any off the field problems, period.

Everything that I have done that the media sees as an obstacle, I have over come it.

Everything that I've gone through since the end of 2010, from me finding out about my financial adviser stealing, mismanaging my money - that affected everything, from child support, mortgages, to me having to sell my properties, me being in and out of court trying to modify my child support. It's a lot to deal with at one time.

Exposure is exposure, whether it's good or bad. But you know what? You live and you learn, and I know who to trust and who not to trust. I'm in control of what I'm in control of, and that's me coming in here and being productive on the field. And as long as I'm keeping my nose clean and doing the right thing, then I'm OK.

For whatever reason, God has a plan for me.

Get your popcorn ready, 'cause I'm gonna put on a show.

God blessed me to play football.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

Growing up as a little kid, I wasn't always this size. I got picked on a lot.

I am the Terrell off the field who is laid back and this is me.

I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street.

I don't have no friends. I don't want no friends. That's how I feel.

I don't have to play for the Eagles.

I feel now I can take my talent through the roof.

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports.

I feel like I know it is from my heart and God knows it is for a good cause, it is not necessary to be made public.

I feel like I'm a basketball player in a football uniform.

I feel like it was a little disrespectful but you know what I feel like, I have been successful, blessed and I keep my faith in God, man, and I just keep it moving.

I feel like with me being a big part of any offense, then the numbers are going to come.

If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed.

I have an ability that I've already honed in on to get better.

I have donated money to the kids overseas, the open hand project and the homeless.

I just feel like with God you can't be defeated.

I know the microphones and cameras are on me. They're looking at my gestures and taking it and running with it because of things that have happened in the past. It's very unfair.

I left a lot - a lot - of touchdowns on the field throughout the last two or three years.

Ill watch the highlights every now and then but, as far as watching the game, I feel like I am the game.

I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.

I'm smart enough to know when I've done something wrong, but I don't understand this. Guys are beating their wives, getting DUIs and doing drugs, and I get national attention for a Sharpie? People are personally attacking me, calling me a classless asshole because I did something creative during a game. Why?

I never even watched football growing up. I just play the game.

Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.

It doesn't matter what any of my teammates have said about me.

It doesnt matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.

It doesn't matter what people say about me, whether they're in Philly, or whether they're in San Francisco... all across the world.

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.

I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person

I think there is something bigger in store for me.

I've always been pretty much a quiet person. When I was little, I got picked on a lot. After I went through all that, I pretty much kept to myself.

I've never really thought of myself as having an ego. I've always found myself as having a lot of confidence. I know I have a lot of great ability. I know what I bring to the table.

I've only been on one vacation ever. I just went to Acapulco before training camp.

I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that.

I would not have gone to Philly if I really did not have my free agency right, if I did not have a case, period.

I wrote the book not to prove people wrong but just to get the insight on who I am as a person.

Jerry (Rice) played until he was 42. At 39, I ran a 4.43 40-yard dash. You look at the number of dropped balls and the way guys are playing now and you can't honestly say I can't do better.