Nfl Player Quotes

#1. I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up in Los Angeles.

Stephen Baker

#2. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.

Rick Reilly

#3. If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.

John Madden

#4. I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running.

Shaquille O'Neal

#5. I Was An NFL Player Until I was Fired By Two Cowards and a Bigot,

Chris Kluwe

#6. You do not have to be convicted or even charged of a crime to be able to demonstrate that you've violated a personal conduct policy, and reflect poorly not only on themselves, but all of their teammates, every NFL player in the league, and everyone associated with the NFL.

Roger Goodell

#7. Once you give an NFL player permission to have thoughts, you invite all kinds of mischief.

Matt Taibbi

#8. I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

Robert Griffin III

#9. I learned to never say never and never say no, so I decided to go pro. I knew I'd have an opportunity to be a defensive player in the NFL.

Darius Philon

#10. In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year.

Nick Saban

#11. Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year.

Matt Millen

#12. When I was in the NFL, whenever I got cut from a team I would do paintings of the players, they would pay me $4,000 to $5,000 to do their painting of their family, and that's how I survived until another team picked me up.

Terry Crews

#13. Actually I feel I'm a better player; more mentally. I guess you get better with age people say. You have a lot more wisdom.

Darrelle Revis

#14. If you can have a really good coaching staff, and you can have a really good young quarterback and do a really good job in player personnel and string together multiple successful drafts, your window is not small in the NFL because of the quarterback.

Jeffrey Lurie

#15. I was the No. 1 player coming into college and I want to be the No. 1 player heading into the NFL. That's definitely one of my goals.

Jadeveon Clowney

#16. Emmitt Smith is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves.

Emmitt Smith

#17. I am always playing hard trying to win. Just knowing that at one time I was once that kid that looked up to NBA players and NFL players. Today these kids look up me.

Jason Terry

#18. 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.

Pete Carroll

#19. It's just fun to go out and compete. It doesn't matter what your record is or what the other team's record is. You're playing in an NFL game, and you are out there competing with great players.

Jamie Martin

#20. You have to use your mind n the NFL. Every player is smarter. Defensive backs bluff and disguise coverages to try to fool you.

Chad Ochocinco

#21. We will always make sure player health and safety is our No. 1 priority in the NFL.

Roger Goodell

#22. Referring to the NFL Players' Association: I have one thing to say about the union: It's like Christopher Columbus. He didn't know where he was going. He didn't know where he was when he got there. He lost two-thirds of his ships along the way. And he did it with someone else's money.

Matt Bahr

#23. I've already developed trust in my teammates -as a player and as a person.

Philip Rivers

#24. I want to be the best player to ever play this game.

Adrian Peterson

#25. I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my talents. But you've got to prove that I can't play this game. If you look at the film, clearly I can. So, I'll leave it at that.

Michael Sam

#26. The NFL draft is going to be this Thursday. That's a huge night for college players. That's the night they start being paid over the table.

Jay Leno

#27. Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. God Bless everyone and thank u so much,

Adrian Peterson

#28. After several years in the league, when a player becomes a vested veteran in the NFL, they play under a different set of rules. For instance, if you cut a vested veteran mid-season and they don't get picked up by another team, you owe them the remainder of their salary.

Brendan Daly

#29. Yesterday the DEA raided several NFL teams suspected of giving prescription painkillers to their players. In its defense, the New York Jets' doctor said, 'We don't give painkillers to our players. We give them to our fans.'

Conan O'Brien

#30. You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen.

Robert Griffin III

#31. In the NFL, 31 players have been arrested just since the Super Bowl. In fact, a lot of teams are switching to the no-huddle offense because players aren't allowed to associate with known felons.

Jay Leno

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

Jerry Glanville

#33. That's why you bring in a veteran player. You never know when a player goes down, a guy's got to step up and play.

Mike Shanahan

#34. NFL owners should quit worrying about silly things like players celebrating in the end zone. They should give them something to really celebrate. Get rid of the artificial surfaces.

O.J. Simpson

#35. As the game gets bigger, it get bigger for the players.

Michael Strahan

#36. Rex brings out the macho talk and tells everyone this is what we're going to be and what we're going to do. And you see what happened. The players did it. It worked.

LaDainian Tomlinson

#37. The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy in the world to throw the football to, ... You always knew where he was headed.

Steve Young