Michael Irvin Quotations

Make no mistake about it, this is my quarterback right here, ... There's nothing like standing in that huddle, looking up and him saying, 'I'm coming to you.'

Make no mistake about it, this is my quarterback right here,

Shut up. Goodbye. Get off the phone, man.

Obviously yes. I experienced this exact same thing in 1997 with Barry Switzer.

Of 4,000 universities and 117 Division I football programs, only one is called the U,

More important to me is to help my friends and help my brother and to remove this drug addiction spirit out of my family.

I am the original... Those are my disciples.

I get phone calls from receivers in the league now, the guys who we would call divas: 'Hey, man, we're just trying to continue this thing you started,' ... I'm saying, 'Ooooh, don't take it too far.'

He's a lock for the Hall of Fame.

Joey needs to get here (Super Bowl). He definitely has the talent but Joey's not getting any younger...

I said it to Drew in my brash, young, ignorant way, I don't know who it is know, but I know who will be in about 10 years.

I said it: They are a bunch of No. 2 receivers.

You know what, I've thought about that and it certainly hurts me, and it certainly hurts me, because I was hurt last year, not making it, and it's very important to me, ... But it's more important to me to help my friends, to help my brother, and to try to remove this spirit -- this drug addiction spirit -- out of my family.

When I said 'That belongs to a brother of mine,' I guess he thought maybe he put it in, ... I don't know. I certainly don't want any problems with the police.

You made it something special, ... Most of all, I want to thank the fans for your support not through the great times that we shared on the football field, but for the last 17 years of my life. You have supported me through all times.

To this day, ... we remain special friends.

Well, if legally it's not a problem, I don't have a problem doing that.

'Through the times I've gone through the last couple of weeks - and I'm still trying to help a friend - I got attacked pretty hard through the media, and it hurt and it was devastating, but I really found out who was with me and who was there for me.

I understand there are doubts. I'm going to do everything I can within reason to clear my name.

The whole thing means such a great deal for me, and hopefully one day it will be there. But my friends and my family mean a little more. I would rather be helping them, even if it hurts that.

Randy gives me the deep ball like no other receiver, ... He gives me the jump ball like no one else. Although T.O. is not as great as Randy going deep, he can still go deep in a great way. And with T.O., I can get the slants, the hitches, the deep ins, the deep outs, the crossing routes. And I've never seen T.O. quit on a route. He always goes as hard as he can go. I need that.

There were some bad calls. Yes. They have a beef.

They're going to think I put him up to it, anyway,

It's a situation that is not as it seemed.

I truly believe Green Bay knows Brett is in trouble. To help him they said, 'Let's get you a personal trainer.' Because we know with that defense, there are going to be some shootouts and you are going to have to do some running around. Look for Brett to take a lot of hits this season. That great streak, with all that running around, with that defense they have, that great streak may come to an end.

That's the best way to go about it, but still, I've been in some legal battles and I know the twisting ... and the ... and the ... twisting and all that stuff when it comes to the legality of things. So certainly when I talk to my lawyer, we'll address all of those ways to clear my name.

that he's high and out of his mind, and he's doing some crazy stuff.

They won't drop the passes they dropped last week.

Not if you have a dome, and you get a pact with God not to bring down the snow. It's been nice. I've got all kind of minks and cashmeres in the closet - I shouldn't say that. I don't want anyone to break in my hotel room.

I'm going to do everything I can to clear my name. I've talked to my attorneys about the legalities of everything and when we get home tomorrow, we're talking. Dan, I'm totally clean. I don't do anything.

I'm taking T.O., every day... He gives me the whole football field.

I'm surprised the New England Patriots didn't take the decision out of his hands. As soon as this thing happened, they should have put him on IR.

If you drop that ball out there, everybody knows: 'Man, Michael blew the game,' ... Jackie Smith. Tight end. Dropped the ball. That's the only thing I know of him, because he had it right here in his hands. Now, you make the play... The Catch. Everybody remembers it.

Hey, we have obligations. We all work for a living now.

I certainly understand people having their doubts. I'm going to try to do everything I can within reason to clear my name up.

Through the times I've gone through the last couple of weeks - and I'm still trying to help a friend - I got attacked pretty hard through the media, and it hurt and it was devastating, but I really found out who was with me and who was there for me.

I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a day to remember for the rest of our lives.

I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor.

I'm taking T.O., every day... He gives me the whole football field.

Most train to be part of the game. The greatest train to be the game: I am the game. Third-and-9, two-minutes left, that's what I train for. I train for moments everyone runs from. I run for them.

I understand people have doubts, but I'm totally clean.

I am not a player anymore.

You made it something special. Most of all, I want to thank the fans for your support not through the great times that we shared on the football field, but for the last 17 years of my life. You have supported me through all times.

We looked at each other standing on the podium, and I think we all were tearing up. But we had to keep it cool. I think we did. Then we let out a breath.

My favorite day was Monday, September the 25th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana, site of the Superdome. I watched our people who had suffered so grievously through Hurricane Katrina fill a stadium hours before a game and stay hours after the game.

The movie, 'Remember the Titans,' is my favorite movie, staring Denzel Washington. I love the way in this movie the game of football brings those boys together, it unites those boys on that football field. It unites a whole town, black, white, old, young, rich and poor.

I know the type of demons they have to fight and I am going to help them, because it's the only way I can keep them from getting to my family. I have to clean up my friends because they are around my boys. It's upsetting.

We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard.

It's not just back-to-back Super Bowls - it's back-to-back Super Bowls in his first three years, it's back-to-back Super Bowls climbing over the backs of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning... If Russell Wilson wins back-to-back Super Bowls, there is no doubt it puts him amongst the top.

This is what makes this team so dangerous: at any time in the game, even after they've gotten hit in the mouth all day, they're still that explosive.

Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.

If he wins a fourth Super Bowl, he's the greatest ever in my book.

Michael Vick healthy in the pocket, as a pocket passer, puts the fear of Doug Flutie in me. Michael Vick running around with all his legs (healthy) puts the fear of God.

I am going to do everything I can to clear my name.

I can attack a man's weakness and beat him. Or I can attack a man's strengths and break him.

I don't see how any African-American, with any inkling of history, can say that you don't have the right to live your life how you want to live your life. No one should be telling you who you should love, no one should be telling you who you should be spending the rest of your life with. When we start talking about equality, and everybody being treated equally, I don't want to know an African-American who will say everybody doesn't deserve equality.

You tell everyone or anyone that has ever doubted, thought they didn't measure up or wanted to quit - look up get up and don't ever give up.

Look up, get up and don't ever give up.

The first couple games were really, really tough, ... But I had a lot of people call me. Rebecca Lobo called, Nancy Lieberman, a lot of great stars talked to me and told me, your time will come. Just continue to work hard in practice, and when the opportunity comes, then youll show everybody you can play.