NFL Players Quotes

I can tell my grandkids that I played with Drew Brees and Tom Brady, and Flacco will definitely be added to that list.

My biggest hero was Roman Gabriel, who was the QB of the Rams, and Roger Staubach. Those were the two guys I tired to emulate when I was little.

I wouldn't be the first quarterback from California to go to cold weather. I think Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are doing pretty well and been able to do it.

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.

At some point, you're not going to be able to run the ball for 180 yards, even with the best running back in the NFL. That's when you have to be able to throw the ball.

Randy Moss was a fad. People were looking for some way to vote against Peyton Manning.

LaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Marion Barber, and a host of other black stars help the NFL shine brightly week after week.

I think when you're not in the NFL or when you're early in your career, you don't understand how hard guys work, especially the guys that play a long time and are successful.

Without a doubt, one of the toughest football players to ever play the game is Tom Brady.

I really do care about the health of the players. That's one of the tough things about the NFL - it's so physically tough on the players.

Being tough is probably the biggest thing that NFL players are known for, having that kind of toughness.

And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league.

The NFL is a very fortunate business. The players are very fortunate.

Brent Celek is a heck of a blocker, James Casey is a heck of a blocker.

I respect every NFL team because it was a dream I've had since I was a little kid.

That's the biggest difference from college to NFL. Everybody's so talented at this level, the difference is knowing the game - knowing where to go with the ball in my position, knowing how to execute your job to the highest level. In college, you could just get by playing ball.

The amount of players who get into trouble in the NFL is a very small minority, but they are the ones who make the headlines.

As a kid, you'd look at all these guys in the NFL and almost idolize them.

The NFL is a brotherhood - if you think about all the millions of people that live in America and there's 1,900 people in the NFL. That's not that many, so everybody knows each other.

I think every kid who wants to play in the NFL has a dream of hoisting that Lombardi. It's what we all strive for, and it's the end goal for every team.

A lot of times, I got confused for a kicker. And I've been compared to every white player in the NFL.

But I do hope that medicine continues to improve and, in 10 years maybe, they'll be able to fix my body better than they did for the poor guys who are crippled up from playing in the NFL in the '60s and the '70s.

All the NFL players I have examined pathologically, I have not seen one that did not have changes in their brain system with brain damage.

Joe Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger are big guys with strong arms.

If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.