There’s an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

I’ve always said I’m going to get married only once.

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...

Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.

I don’t like going out on a date unless I know the broad a little bit beforehand. By the way, ‘broad’ to me is not a detrimental term for women; it’s simply another word for...

Johnny Unitas was my hero.

We’re going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.

First, I prepare. Then I have faith.

After I hurt the knee, football wasn’t nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did,...

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...

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

My ego’s not the kind that says, ‘I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.’

The name of the game is ‘kill the quarterback.’ Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that’s handling the ball.

I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.

I don’t like to date so much as I just like to kind of, you know, run into somethin’, man.

If you’re not gonna go all the way, why go at all?

How you recover from what life’s throwing at you is what matters.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

I think that at some point in your life you realize you don’t have to worry if you do everything you’re supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best...

I can’t compare family to athletics.

I’ve tested life and I’ve learned what works for me.

When you win nothing hurts.

Till I was 13, I thought my name was ‘Shut Up.’

I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.

I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.

I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life’s work, so to speak.

My family’s the most important thing in my life.

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...

I don’t think that I’ve ever been a backup.

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

I took my time to find the perfect girl.

I have to convince myself I know what I’m doing.

I’ve figured out that life in general is a team effort; it’s a team game.

Something’s been guiding me around throughout my life.

I’m always gonna be Joe Namath, and I’m not running from that.

I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn’t enjoy.

I’d rather go to Vietnam than get married.

It feels bad to feel like you’re not wanted.

Whether it’s 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what’s going on. But if you’re lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn’t...

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn’t below .450, and that’s pretty good hitting where I come from.

I was born with the gift.

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.

None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we’re just not designed for.

There are some things you only learn through experience.

Most of my recognition comes from us winning that championship. The words may not come out – ‘Super Bowl III’ – because a lot of the folks at the grocery store, gas station or mall...

I think there’s always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It’s the animal we are that cause the problems.

I couldn’t do anything I didn’t enjoy.

If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?

Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.

I am a football fan, yeah.