You can't live on last year, you can't live on the year before. I can't bring in my 13 Pro Bowls in the locker room and say, look at me. No. That is gone. That is the best thing about the game of football is that everybody starts over. Junior Seau
You don't project yourself in the Hall of Fame as a player. It's only during that five-year period where people start asking about it, and it doesn't seem real until it happens. Cal Ripken Jr
You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.Kareem Abdul Jabbar
You know in 1982, the year we came in tied for 3rd, we probably had a better team - I mean as far as talent. When we came back the following year and won it, our pitching staff was a little more experienced and it was such a thrill. Roger Clemens
You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time. Bob Uecker
You look at 2001, we were third in points and no one gave us much of a chance when the season started. We came back last year and had the same team, the same everybody and led points. Sterling Marlin
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
You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset. Robert Cormier
You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do. Isaiah Thomas
You're never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you. Brett Favre
Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason. LeBorn Jemes