Joe Flacco Quotes

When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.

It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.

It's just good to be back in the locker room.

In college, my best friends were an offensive lineman, a wide receiver and defensive back. In the pros, when you leave the practice field, players go their separate ways because they are married.

People don't understand how it feels to be with a guy who you call your teammate and you're with more than your family during the course of a season.

Everyone wants to be close to your team. You don't want to have guys that don't feel comfortable in the locker room.

When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.

I really miss Syracuse and the guys on the team.

I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.

I had a couple friends from all the different cliques in school, but my true friends were my gymnastics teammates. I grew up competing with them for ten years.

One of the things that is very important to me is how I feel about my team. And not just what their jobs are but what they mean to one another.

Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.

Sport has bercome entertainment....actors play to the crowd; players play to their teammates

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

The team doctor, the team trainers, they work for the team. And I love 'em, you know. They're some good people, you know. They want to see you do good. But at the same time, they work for the team, you know. They're trying to do whatever they can to get you back on the field and make your team look good.

You cannot treat someone differently just because they have become captain. We still took the mickey out of Alastair Cook when he was in charge. You have to treat them first and foremost as a team-mate.

The difference between the National Football League and college is this: In college, you are a broke college student.

I went out almost every night with the guys on the team between 1975 and 1981. We were winning in those years. It was fun.

I've never dealt with really anything negative in the WWE as a whole, in the locker room, anything.

There's great affection, tremendous loyalty, but anytime you open up the season, when you walk in the locker room, there is a circle, and my obligation to everyone in that locker room is the circle has to be as strong as possible to give us a chance to win.

I'm very close to every girl in the locker room.

I think players on all teams are close.

Some of my best experiences have been at KU and I'm thankful for my teammates, coaches and all the people that support KU.

Whenever there is a new song out, we'll sometimes try to rehearse a celebration so when one of us scores a goal, we can celebrate it together. I find this a nice thing between team-mates to show the friendship between us, and I try to do this whenever I can.

That's the big thing - having the other guys' respect in the locker room. You can't come in with no respect and try to own the place.