Top 33 Michael Strahan Quotes

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.

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.

I started working out with my father the summer I was 13, which was incredible for our relationship. Those were my summers: working out with my dad, hanging out with my brothers, riding my bike. Pretty simple.

You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year.

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.

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.

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.

‘The Notebook’ gets me every time. It’s a great love story. Boy from the wrong side of the tracks. They get on each other’s nerves, but they can’t live without each other. It almost makes me shed a tear.

Memorizing a playbook is like memorizing a script. When they change the script at the last minute it’s like changing a play in a game.

My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn’t see me play, go, ‘Oh, he used to play football?’

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.

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

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!

I’m not an adulterer. I’m not gay.

The fact that we’re in the playoffs doesn’t mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.

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 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.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

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

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

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.

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

When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep!

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

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.

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.

At first, I didn’t know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

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

My craziest ambition is to take John Madden’s job and salary.

With the players Madden is definitely king and that’s probably why it’s been one of the top selling games all these years and will probably continue to be.

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.