Top 71 Strahan Quotes
#1. He got Strahan to print fifty advertisements to be run in 'country papers', along with 250 showcards for booksellers' windows. Although none of this was expensive, the final account that Strahan presented was for more than £800, a sum that was not fully paid off until almost four years later. The
Henry Hitchings
#2. Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim
letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.
C.R. Strahan
#3. Transformation can come in the mysterious guise of shape-shifting, or through a simple change of mind
C.R. Strahan
#4. By the time I left college, I had won every award you could win - I was Mr. Man! Then I got drafted by the Giants, and you step in that locker room, and you feel inferior in every way. You just have to stick around long enough to give yourself the opportunity to build your confidence.
Michael Strahan
#5. I believe in my kids 100 percent. When you have confidence in them, they have confidence in themselves.
Michael Strahan
#6. I have the biggest sweet tooth! You name it, I will eat it. My all-time favorite is my mother's butter cake. Every time I go home, my mom will already have the cake made because I love it so much. This makes my siblings mad because they think she favors me. I don't care because she probably does!
Michael Strahan
#7. My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.
Michael Strahan
#8. This acting's serious! And I really respect those actors. It's a tough business to be able to be something you're not and be natural and convince people on camera.
Michael Strahan
#9. Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.
Michael Strahan
#10. I love being the person my kids depend on to learn. Everything they learn, for the most part, comes from you - how they treat people, how they look at the world, how they process things. I love being that example for them, just like my parents were for me.
Michael Strahan
#11. I've learned how to turn self-doubt into an energy source and to metabolize fear into a result-producing adrenaline.
Michael Strahan
#12. As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal, you're going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, 'I eat until I'm full and leave the rest.'
Michael Strahan
#13. With the players Madden is definitely king and that's probably why it's been one of the top selling games all these years and will probably continue to be.
Michael Strahan
#14. At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.
Michael Strahan
#15. At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.
Michael Strahan
#16. I started playing Madden back in 1993 because that was the first year I actually made it into the game and that was a big thrill. When you're in Madden, you've made it, baby.
Michael Strahan
#17. Even though I'm not with their mother, it's important for my kids to see adults in a committed and happy relationship. They need to see a strong relationship. You don't have to settle.
Michael Strahan
#18. People don't just live one life. They keep coming back until they get it right.
C.R. Strahan
#19. You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year.
Michael Strahan
#20. Maybe all dimensions are right here and now. We just can't see them because we limit ourselves to three while incarnate.
C.R. Strahan
#21. So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.
Michael Strahan
#22. 'The Notebook' gets me every time. It's a great love story. Boy from the wrong side of the tracks. They get on each other's nerves, but they can't live without each other. It almost makes me shed a tear.
Michael Strahan
#23. We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football.
Michael Strahan
#25. As the game gets bigger for the fans it gets bigger for the players.
Michael Strahan
#26. I try to navigate my life as if it were a Ferrari. The more conscious I am, the more I process the information I'm given and readjust based on what I've learned, the smoother my ride in life becomes.
Michael Strahan
#27. You know, you want to win and you want a ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.
Michael Strahan
#29. You've got to be very conscious of what people see. If I saw somebody every day, I would get sick of them. Most guys think, 'If I can get on TV every day and give that quote, I'm going to be golden.' It's not about that. It's about showing people you can be yourself.
Michael Strahan
#30. My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.
Michael Strahan
#31. How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly?
C.R. Strahan
#32. The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.
Michael Strahan
#33. If you're not the one cooking, stay out of the way and compliment the chef.
Michael Strahan
#35. German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back.
Michael Strahan
#36. Tom Coughlin is great with the players and he is what you see with the media. He's a good guy and he's a fun guy, but at the same time he's a serious guy when it comes to winning and it comes to football.
Michael Strahan
#38. We're our own worst enemy. You doubt yourself more than anybody else ever will. If you can get past that, you can be successful.
Michael Strahan
#39. All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how long you can retain and pay attention.
Michael Strahan
#40. It's not easy to do morning TV. A lot of people think you just show up and be yourself, but one of the hardest things to do is be yourself when the camera comes on.
Michael Strahan
#41. Thing is, I don't really like free time. People are always warning me that I'm going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that.
Michael Strahan
#42. Growing up, we had 30, 40, 50 people coming through the house some Thanksgivings. Sometimes there was a kids' table; other times, the plate was just sitting on your lap. You get in where you fit in at that house.
Michael Strahan
#43. I grill all the time - burgers, ribs, chicken, steak, and fish.
Michael Strahan
#45. Even though the weight I'm lifting isn't what it was when I was playing, it's not like I'm not lifting weights that are heavier than the common person would lift. I think a lot of people look at that and say, 'Whoa!'
Michael Strahan
#46. My brothers used to call me Bob. They'd laugh at me, and I didn't get it. I'm 13 years old at the time, and then one day my brother's friend says, 'You know what Bob stands for? 'Booty on back.' You're fat.' Like my butt was so big I could reach for my wallet over my shoulder. And I broke down.
Michael Strahan
#47. As the game gets bigger, it get bigger for the players.
Michael Strahan
#48. I'm not perfect; I've never professed to be, and I don't want to be. How much fun is that?
Michael Strahan
#49. I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.
Michael Strahan
#50. My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?'
Michael Strahan
#51. I'm an excellent dancer. I keep up with whatever's hot. I've been break-dancing and pop-locking since back in the day.
Michael Strahan
#52. The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation.
Michael Strahan
#53. I've always been the locker-room jokester, the fun guy, the guy who keeps it loose and easy. But also, on Sundays, the guy in that huddle jumping up and down, telling guys, 'Hey, get it going. Let's go.' Firing everybody up. So I'm part relaxation therapist and part Red Bull.
Michael Strahan
#54. They don't tell you how to be on TV - they put the camera on you, and they turn it on, and you sink or swim.
Michael Strahan
#55. This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.
Michael Strahan
#57. No matter how loud the stadium is, once you're on that field and that offense walks up to the line, it's silent. You can only hear the guys on the field. It's amazing how much concentration you can have when it's required and how powerful your mind is to give it to you.
Michael Strahan
#58. I have the best memories as a kid eating ice cream. It was a family tradition that I had with my father. It was nice.
Michael Strahan
#59. I grew up mostly in Germany, but my favorite summer trip was driving from North Carolina to Texas in a camper with my parents and us six kids.
Michael Strahan
#61. If you want to pay me back one day, that's up to you. I'm not asking for it, and I never will. The best way you can pay me back is by becoming the person you want to be.
C.R. Strahan
#62. Other people can spark a vision for your life, but until you can hold that dream in your own head and your own heart, it's never going to come true.
Michael Strahan
#63. My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary.
Michael Strahan
#64. When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I'm bashful.
Michael Strahan
#65. I started working out with my father the summer I was 13, which was incredible for our relationship. Those were my summers: working out with my dad, hanging out with my brothers, riding my bike. Pretty simple.
Michael Strahan
#66. People are always warning me that I'm going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that. Opposite shows, opposite coasts, opposite demographics, opposite everything - I love it, man!
Michael Strahan
#67. The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish, and that's something I picked up from home.
Michael Strahan
#68. I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl.
Michael Strahan
#69. When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep!
Michael Strahan
#70. Memorizing a playbook is like memorizing a script. When they change the script at the last minute it's like changing a play in a game.
Michael Strahan
#71. I don't do anything I don't want to do. There are so many opportunities that come my way, but if there's something out there that I don't want to do, I truly don't do it, because I have to maximize my time. If there's truly an opportunity to be quiet and be by myself, I do it.
Michael Strahan
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