Michael Strahan Quotations

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.

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.

If you're not the one cooking, stay out of the way and compliment the chef.

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

I hate leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all the leg exercises. I know they help me, and I'm able to move around and don't have knee problems, and my hip doesn't hurt anymore, but when my trainer tells me I have to do them, I almost feel like my body goes into convulsions.

German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back.

This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.

I'm not perfect; I've never professed to be, and I don't want to be. How much fun is that?

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.

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.

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.

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.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football.

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.

I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl.

Well, I've been a fan of videogames all my life.

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.

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.

I believe in my kids 100 percent. When you have confidence in them, they have confidence in themselves.

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.'

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!

When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I'm bashful.

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.

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!

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.

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.

When you're a 20-something-year-old athlete and you're getting a six-figure check every week, you're not thinking about next week. You're not thinking, 'I'm going to be broke,' or 'I'm going to need another job.' But I'll tell you, there are a lot of broke athletes out there - I know plenty - and I didn't want to end up as one.

Last year we were a team, but I think maybe we were a little unsure, ... We had a new quarterback, a new coach, we had a lot of different things we needed to have answered. This year, I just don't have that feeling. Even though Eli is young, I don't have the same feeling as a team that we're unsure about ourselves.

So I feel fresher. I appreciate getting the chance to go out there again. I want to make the most of that every time.

Maybe this upcoming week we will play like the Redskins played, with the same type of win-and-you're-in and lose-and-you're-out type of mentality.

One thing about Foxy, I know they are going to be physical. That is the one thing he preached here defensively.

I was saying this was probably one of the worst defenses I've ever been on, the way we were playing early in the season. But people took that personally, and we've gotten better. Today's performance was absolutely amazing.

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.

I grill all the time - burgers, ribs, chicken, steak, and fish.

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.

I feel fresh, ... And I appreciate playing. Every time I step on the field, every play, I look at it as it could be my last. The realization of that definitely has me feeling that I'd better take advantage of every snap that I can.

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.

I go back to when Jessie and I were the leaders of the defense,

He's young. You know what? If you don't believe that, maybe you shouldn't be here. They believe they are the best. We believe we are the best. We are not bad at all. In my opinion, we are the best because I am part of that combo.

He's confident. He can see it right now every time he takes a snap and drops back.

He is going to be a great head coach. I'll be really surprised if he doesn't get a job somewhere. He's done a great job with this unit and he's made it exciting. He's made me want to go out there and play like I was young again. I'm proud to play for Tim and, unselfishly, I hope I'm not playing for him next year.

To get a Super Bowl ring and L.T.'s sack record. That's what I want,

Guys are just thoroughly enjoying playing for him right now. I think that's a testament that this is his team and we're here to do whatever we need to do to in. His focus isn't to make things hard on us, his focus is to make sure we're prepared to win football games.

He showed a lot of poise. He commands the huddle and he commands the offense.

We have to be a lot crisper. We have to be sharp. Defensively, we can't give up any big plays and let them move the ball at will. They have a great running game. We're going to have to stop the run. That's first and foremost.

We have to be a lot crisper. We have to be sharp, ... Defensively, we can't give up any big plays and let them move the ball at will. They have a great running game. We're going to have to stop the run. That's first and foremost.

He was back there so quick that he beat the running back to the ball.

He commanded the huddle. He commanded the offense. And he's only going to get better.

There are similarities. There is loss, there is tragedy. Still guys have to be able to focus. Football is football.

(It) is a lot better. My eye opened up (Sunday) and felt like it was droopy all day. It has opened up a little bit better. I can see it is a little bit more black and blue, but I just have to put my modeling career on hold for a few weeks.

It is something like basically getting stabbed in the heart. These are the type of games you look back on at the end of the season and just hope they don't hurt you.

I thought Seattle was a very good team, but did I expect them to be in the Super Bowl? I thought if they were going to be there they'd have to go through us.

I think we were a team, but we were a little unsure. We had a new quarterback, there were a lot of different things we had to have answered. This year I just don't have that feeling. Even though Eli's young, I just don't have that feeling that we're as unsure of ourselves.

I think this can be a championship team.

I think everyone's been disciplined. Everyone's been in the gaps they're supposed to get in and guys are making gang tackles, not waiting for guys to make the play, and everybody's running to the ball.

Our other guys are going to see that and feed off it. He goes after the ball and actually catches it.

It felt like we were in a heavyweight championship fight, too. It was just a punch to the face. There are other ways to block people. He said it was an accident and I'll take him at his word. But it's the kind of injury that ends careers.

I think he's definitely been under more pressure before. He's smart enough to realize in the long run it's still just a game anyway. It's a playoff game and maybe the tempo picks up a little bit more, and of course everything is at stake, but at the same time it's still football.

It depends what you do with it those six times. If you do like Moss or T.O. does, you definitely have the right to say whatever you say because there are only a few guys who can change a game in the course of a few plays.

I think I've met or exceeded most of the things on my lists, ... Sometimes you achieve them, sometimes you don't.

I think I've done just about everything I could do as a leader, ... You lead by words, by example.

That was a fun move to make because it answered a lot of questions about how my size would affect me,

Who says we are that good anyway? One week we're worse than dirt, and then the next week we are better than sugar.

You can get up here and have a good time and you don't have to worry about saying the right thing all the time.

You can be disappointed you didn't wrap it up, which I am sure we are. At the same time, it would be even more disappointing if we didn't have another chance. We have another chance. We're disappointed. We're upset. Everybody is mad. But it's not over.

We were lousy, ... and I don't think there is an explanation.

We'd stopped them a couple of times to help us get back in the game, but we come out in the second half and can't get the job done. That's very frustrating.

We had a lot of mistakes, a lot of things that potentially could hurt us. If we can eliminate those things and continue to do everything else the way that we're doing, I think the sky is the limit.

Usually, when you have a young quarterback out there, you think, 'Just don't turn it over,' ... Let your other superstar players give us a chance to win. Well, with Eli back there, he is the superstar player. He's the guy who's going to make those plays.

We have that every year so it's no big deal. Everybody's a professional, nobody's an idiot. We all know each other. We're all friends. We get on the field and it's competitive and it's the same way in practice. It's part of football. I don't think it carries over into the game, and I don't think anybody's trying to hurt anybody.

Today was a morale builder for us. We've played better and we've played worse. But hopefully, this will be the start of an upswing that can take us through the postseason.

We can be sympathetic to them and what they've gone through, especially since we experienced a similar thing a few years ago. But once we step on the field, the guy across from me is not my friend and I'm not going to try to be his friend.

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.

When you're older, it's harder to stay in this game and play at a Pro Bowl level. I definitely feel it was one of my better years, if not the best. Experience definitely helps, realizing you don't have to rely so much on bulk, mass and strength. You can rely on what you've learned over the years and you can be just as effective.

When you watch him on film, he's scary. I've never seen somebody who's so quick, fast, powerful.

The fact that we're going to the playoffs means absolutely nothing, to be honest. I don't think anybody is going to be satisfied losing this game, first of all, and secondly, we lose the division if that's the case.

Well, that's good. He should. I'm sure he's not happy with the way he left the Giants and I'm sure I wouldn't be if that were the same situation in my case.

We've been doing some things well, but we know we have to work on some things. We can be a very good football team. We can do some things in the playoffs, but we're going to have to play better.

There have been three guys I've been around who, personality-wise, have been the most inspirational,

When I saw Toomer catch it and there were no flags, it was the most excited I've been around here in a long time.

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.

When I saw the date of the game, it was a little like, 'Whoa,' ... It kind of took you back. We'll go out here and hopefully give everybody in the city of New York and across the country something to be happy about and turn it into a celebration.

This time of year, you really have to be able to stop the run. So it's going to be key for us to get back to where we were.

We've just got to make plays. Keep the ball out of their hands, make the tackles, all the other stuff. We didn't do it.

When we make our minds up, we can play with anybody.

When I went back out there he tried to say he was sorry. I haven't watched it, but everybody else that has seen it tells me that it looked like his fingers were spread and he had a straight poke at it. So, I don't know.

Tuck was great. Those things he did at the end were incredible for the simple fact that it took them out of field-goal range. That was huge. They had a chance to win the game if that hadn't happened. I'm very happy to see that. One thing you can't have enough of is a great pass rush and hopefully this is the start of a great career.

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.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football. That guy across from me is not trying to be my friend once we're out there, and I'm not trying to be his, either. We're playing to win. We're not going out there to put on a show and let these guys win the game.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football, ... That guy across from me is not trying to be my friend once we're out there, and I'm not trying to be his, either. We have to play our hardest. We're playing to win. We're not going out there to put on a show and let these guys win the game.

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football is football. That guy across from me is not trying to be my friend. We're not going out there to put on a show and let these guys win the game.

We all know there have been some cases in which guys have crossed the line. I'm pretty sure there are more that haven't been caught. When you have those situations ... it absolutely can hurt the team.

This team is one of those teams that you are going to have to stay until the end of the game to see exactly what happens.

To be honest, that's the last body part I'm concerned about because it doesn't bother me in the least. There's no residual effect at all. Look, I'm here to play and if I go out there and something else gets hurt, that's part of football.

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!'

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.

Everyone talks about who is the best receiver in the game. In my opinion, when you go back and look at numbers, (Holt) probably is the best receiver in the game.

As the game gets bigger for the fans it gets bigger for the players.

At some point, we have to make plays. We can't just leave it up to the offense to win it for us at the end.

Feely, he's crazy. He thinks he's a big guy. He thinks he's tough. We gotta keep reminding him he's a kicker.