Every game I’ve ever played, regardless if it was pre-season or Super Bowl, meant the same to me, and I laid it all on the line.
You have to believe you’re great. You have to have an air about you. My success wasn’t because I was a great talent, but because I wanted it more than anybody else. Every minute I step on that field, I want to prove I’m the best player in the league.
Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.
If I were to make a list, I would include the interceptions, the sacks, the really painful losses. Those times when I’ve been down, when I’ve been kicked around, I hold on to those. In a way those are the best times I’ve ever had, because that’s when I’ve found out who I am. And what I want to be.
If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.
If I’m going to play, it’s going to be 100-percent commitment.
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.
Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don’t.
I’ve always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.
I’ve always shown up, always been prepared. Everything I do comes back to the example I want to set.
Every day is not perfect.
It’s all about chemistry. Talent alone won’t get it done.
I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.
Wisconsin’s a special place.
I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.
I know I’m not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.
Just, you never know what the next day is going to bring. That goes for football, goes for off the field, and I gave up a long time ago trying to predict the future and trying to deal with things I couldn’t deal with.
I’m pretty boring really.
The good teams are good at what they do.