It feels good to show some courage.
Times have changed. The athletes have changed.
I don’t like to date so much as I just like to kind of, you know, run into somethin’, man.
My family’s the most important thing in my life.
First, I prepare. Then I have faith.
You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.
I’m always gonna be Joe Namath, and I’m not running from that.
I’ve always said I’m going to get married only once.
Johnny Unitas was my hero.
Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.
There’s an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.
Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.
Football is a team game. So is life.
There are some things you only learn through experience.
I don’t care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don’t care so long as he’s straight with me and our dealings are fair.
Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.
Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.
I’ve been some through some things medically. I’ve seen some things on my brain. But I’ve had some treatment – and I’ve improved.
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.