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We have a strange and wonderful relationship - he's strange and I'm wonderful.

We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge. It reminds me of a bunch of cows.

We'll do whatever it takes to score as many points as we can-and definitely one more point than the opponent.

Well this week's all about Seattle, so we've been doing our best to prepare for the Seahawks. I'm doing that, our team's doing that and we'll be ready to go Sunday. That's our focus.

We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.

We play by the rules, we play hard and we prepare hard. The work ethic of our team and preparation is like no other in my opinion and we try to make our fans in America proud.

We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

We would rather be feared than respected.

We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.

We would have more if the talent was there to be had. Last year, the cost of a top, world-class deep learning expert was about the same as a top NFL quarterback prospect. The cost of that talent is pretty remarkable.

What's one more torpedo in a sinking ship.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

What you do should speak so loudly that no one will hear what you say.

Whenever you make a promise, you have a responsibility to that promise.

Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation.

Whenever something good happens to me, I try-it may sound kind of bad-to think a little negative. I just always try to keep myself grounded.

When I look at the way I was able to play in my 17th year, I feel like I earned the right to play in the NFL for another one.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

When people are watching you, it makes you think twice about what you do, and the things you say, and the people you hang around with.

When the passer's back foot hit the ground on his setup, I wanted the ball gone. If no one was open, if he had to buy time, I wanted him to bounce in place. And then I only wanted him scrambling as a last resort. When you bounce, you maintain your balance. When you start moving, you create an unnatural position for yourself. I want everything to be natural.

When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.

When it comes to football, God is prejudiced - toward big, fast kids.

When I was a teenager, I was so dumb my mamma knocked me off the porch with a broom. You wish you had so good a mamma.

When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.

Wisconsin's a special place.

Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?

Why should I talk to you? I don't know where you're from.

winning is not everything it is the only thing

Win or lose, do it fairly.

When you win and you don't have anyone to share it with, why win? You have someone to share it with you.

While I was in the NFL, I would eat five times a day. I only eat twice a day now, and I box and play basketball every day. I'm extremely happy with my body and mind...

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

With my dad passing away, he's always watching me-a big smile on his face, watching every snap on the 50-yard line.

With my size and speed, my ability to make moves and great vision, I'm sometimes feel like it's an unfair advantage over the defense.

Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.

You cannot win if you cannot run.

You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

You didn't want to bring home anything but an A or a B. To my mom, a C was like an F.

You don't like to see your guys take the field without you because it makes you feel like, man, maybe they really don't need me out there, which is kind of humbling.

You don't realize how long that NFL season is. It's a long season, especially in your first year. Not only do you spend a lot of time preparing for the draft and working out, but they you have OTAs, minicamps, training camp, preseason games. By the time you get to week six you've already had one of the longest years of your football life and you still have 11 weeks to go, plus the playoffs.

You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

You hope in this life that you grow and don't always repeat your mistakes.

You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

You have to feel you're the best at what you do. You don't have to come out and say it. But you have to know it within yourself.

You just never know with contract situations and the whole business side of it. I'm here now and I'm happy to be here now. The future will take care of itself.

You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.

You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you.