I was born with the gift.
I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.
I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.
When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York.
Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.
Things change when you have children; your priorities change.
My family's the most important thing in my life.
The game is choreographed; it is mental, it is physical, it is a battle. People can feel those hits when they are in the stadium, you feel them and you see the velocity of the players.
The reality of it, excuse me, is when you're in the public they already have a perception of you, ... And that can be a little awkward.
As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.
We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.
I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.
Johnny Unitas was my hero.
Something's been guiding me around throughout my life.
I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.
I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.
I don't like to date so much as I just like to kind of, you know, run into somethin', man.
I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.
Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.
I've always said I'm going to get married only once.
I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.
After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.
Times have changed. The athletes have changed.
I don't think that I've ever been a backup.
