Curtis Martin Quotations

When I came into the NFL, it was an escape. It became my way to survive, not just in a financial way.

One more game and we're probably out of it.

I would embrace that fully. Anyone who comes in here, they're going to have to work very hard to beat me out, and if they do that's going to make this team better and I'm all for it.

I have never been afraid to take a chance on myself. Since I started playing this game I have been taught and learned that this game is a team game and there are a lot of things more important than money. I believe I have always been a person that enjoys meeting challenges head-first.

I don't think you'll ever talk to Chad and he'll say that he's at his best, ... because he's always pushing it.

Herm doesn't waste his words too much. It was necessary. To have him emphasize it and put the responsibility on us, I think was important.

I wouldn't agree with that. I believe you are what you are. Right now we're a 2-4 team. That's not what we're shooting for.

I talked to him a lot. I showed him around. I showed him where he would probably want to live. I told him he could have my place if he wanted it. I told him I'd do whatever it took to get him here.

I will play with Chad any day, I don't care what anybody says.

We had a little chip on our shoulder, losing the way we did last week.

We had a little chip on our shoulder after what we did last week.

Navigators have had a huge impact in my life; I gave my life to Christ in college and the witness of The Navigators and their dynamic materials have provided a great foundation for my Christian life. As the founder of FOCUS, The Navigator staff has been a great resource to me and to my staff as we too seek to reach a generation of young leaders with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Bill Parcells is a life changer

If He isn't Lord of all, He isn't Lord at all.

The great truth about Christianity is not that we love God - it's that God loves us.

I'm definitely going to bounce back, I don't doubt that one bit. The thing about this is you have to expect that when you're a back my age. You can't feel slighted if someone says that because it's a reality that it's abnormal for a guy my age to still be starting in the NFL. I can accept that. I still understand what the truth is to me, and that's what I believe. I don't really care what people say.

Jerome Bettis should be in the Hall of Fame

God doesn't want you to go to church. He wants you to want to go to church.

Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal.

Don't sacrifice what you wish for most for what you wish for now

It's a dark culture that we live in. But you were called to glow in the dark.

It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements.

We're trying to come together as a unit and turn this season around. It's getting late.

What's good is the fact that you always know when you are doing something wrong. A lot of teams don't have referees and get away with a lot of things in practice that hurt them in the game because they weren't warned.

It's embarrassing. I think we are all ashamed of the way we played today. There are no excuses. I don't know exactly what happened. We just didn't play the way we are capable of playing.

It's like 288 steps, and they are the steepest set of stairs you'll probably ever see in your life. You can't even see the top from the bottom. That's how high they are.

No. Because a person makes a certain decision for their future, you can't walk in their shoes. You don't know what they're thinking, how they see their future or how they envision themselves.

It's been very tough. This has been one of my more challenging if not my most challenging year physically.

I wanted to resolve the matter quietly and never felt like it had to become an ugly situation. This was not a hard decision because of the belief I have in the leadership of this team and my teammates, and that I have in myself. I have already begun to prepare for the 2006 season and am anxious to get the bad taste that the season left me with.

I'm a very grateful man. So over the years, I've come to see how football has really enabled me to do what I really love to do, which is to impact people. I've gained such an appreciation for football that I feel I'm disrespecting it by not liking it because of what football has enabled me to do for other people.

I just think he was wanting to go down with guns blazing.

Being in the league for 11 years, I've realized that sometimes you get out to starts like this. It doesn't mean that it will always be like that. For now, it is what it is, and I just hope to keep getting better.

I don't really care about that. My motivation comes from within myself. I put more pressure on myself than any media, or any person or any coach can put on me.

I don't know how you describe it or what words you put to it. It's almost unbelievable.

If his shoulder comes back healthy. I would like to see if it does.

He's not just a business adviser or agent, he's a friend. He really gets to know people.

I could embrace that fully. Just like I told LaMont, 'I want you to beat me out, but you're going to have to beat me out.' ... I'll play whatever role I have to.