Quotes on American Football

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

There's always someone out there training for your spot. For my scholarship at the University of Florida, for my job with the Denver Broncos, for my position with the New York Jets. And that's the reason to get up earlier or stay up later.

It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face, my family that I love, that's all that really matters to me.

There are no office hours for champions.

But when I look back I can't call myself unlucky. My 23rd birthday was December 14. In these years I have had more than most people get in a lifetime.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.