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Every guy has different strengths in the NFL. Receivers are different, running backs are different, but they all have that one thing that they do thats special: that thing that keeps them on the roster every year.

Every job has its pros and cons. The NFL just has more of both.

Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies.

Every TV timeout, I went up and said it right to Brady: 'Please keep trying me. I'm going to take it from you.'

Faith is a strong word in my life. That's one thing my mother has always stressed to me.

Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.

Find out what the other team wants to do. Then take it away from them.

Football is not a game but a religion, a metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a highly verbalized, disguised society, a throwback of 30,000 generations of anthropological time.

Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.

Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.

Fraud is common when you give away billions. Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation.

God has brought me this far. He has laid out a phenomenal path for me. And I can't do anything but thank him.

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football is unconditional love.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others.

First become a winner in life. Then it's easier to become a winner on the field.

Having failed as an NFL commentator, Limbaugh understands the power of football.

Going out on the field frantic isn't going to help you score points. You have to try to lead your team.

He can be a great player in this league if he learns how to say two words: "I'm full.

Hell, I live like I did when I was 35. I don't believe in retirement groups because I don't believe in retirement. How long can I keep coaching? How about forever? I'll never walk off the field.

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.

He runs like a camel. A really pissed off camel.

He’s totally different from the typical jock. He has no ego. That’s unique for someone with such accolades. His strength comes from a higher power. You can’t explain Steve Largent by computer – he doesn’t belong on an NFL field. You put his size and speed in an IBM computer up in Silicon Valley, it would chew up his data card and laugh.

God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass.

He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing. He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him taken away.

He knocks the hell out of people, but in a Christian way.

Hopefully one day I can be up there with Peyton in terms of history.

I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them.

I actually called a touchdown on national TV in the NFL while going to the bathroom.

I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.

I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?

I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.

I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger.

He who gets the best players usually wins.

I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.

I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

I am competitively aggressive. My dream since I was a young boy was to be an NFL quarterback. I am living that dream.

I can't ask the offense to score slower.

I am so thankful and appreciative of being a part of this franchise and playing in front of the best fans in the NFL. I will be back.

I cashed my first check in the NFL at a cashing joint-uh, I think they laughed at me.

I can't tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there's anything the Steelers of the '70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork.

I call him Alshon. He calls me Demaryius Thomas.

Ideally, I would like to be in a position where I represent 100 guys in the NFL, to be in a position where I could control whether some teams win or lose.

I consider adversity being good sometimes you know.

I'd catch a punt naked, in the snow, in Buffalo, for a chance to play in the NFL.

I'd like to say I'm one of the tight ends here and I hope this week helps me show that I do have the talent to be considered that.

I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed.

I don't care about three years ago - I don't care about two years ago. I don't care about last year. The only thing I care about is this week.

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.