James Luceno Quotes

A friend is someone who has your back. Those in the military refer to it as, 'I got your six.' My closest friend on 'The Five' is Dana Perino.

My teammates always have my back on the field, and I will do everything in my power to make sure I always have theirs.

You know what, we can be really fierce with each other but as soon as someone tries to take either one of us on, that's not one of us, we back each other up.

The hood always got my back.

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

These guys are warriors, my teammates.

My teammates have my back; I have theirs.

I know that I've got some guys I want to put in the foxhole with me, and there's a lot of 'em.

Man, I'm always going to back up my teammates.

I'm always going to be passionate about the guys we have in the locker room because they've always been OK with me - they've always done right by me - so I have no problem playing with them, going out there and sweating, bleeding, and winning with them.

Friends have each other's backs.

There's a time when people give their words to each other it has to mean something. I'm a street cat. I've belonged in gangs and when you had a partner, you went down with your partner whether you won the fight or lost it. You went down together.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.

Come back and stand with us, lad. We will all go down together that's what makes us who we are.

The same niggas I ball with, I fall with

You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you're a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don't stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore. It's a pack. A snarling, distrustful, bickering park like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber.

I think, more importantly, it's about who is your core team? Who are the people around you that are going to fight for you and make sure that's all protected?

If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that.

Sweat makes good friendship cement.

I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.

Once you have the support of the lads around you, you can't ask for any more.

I know real cops. When they're paired up together, they get so close, you know? There's no excuse for it, but these guys do have a connection. They fight like cats and dogs, but when they get in a really messed-up situation, they're there for each other.

In football, you're like brothers.

One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned.

There is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It's the intense effort, the giving of everything you've got. It's really a very pleasant sensation.