45 Quotes by Curtis Martin

It's been very tough. This has been one of my more challenging if not my most challenging year physically.

I wanted to resolve the matter quietly and never felt like it had to become an ugly situation. This was not a hard decision because of the belief I have in the leadership of this team and my teammates, and that I have in myself. I have already begun to prepare for the 2006 season and am anxious to get the bad taste that the season left me with.

I'm a very grateful man. So over the years, I've come to see how football has really enabled me to do what I really love to do, which is to impact people. I've gained such an appreciation for football that I feel I'm disrespecting it by not liking it because of what football has enabled me to do for other people.

I just think he was wanting to go down with guns blazing.

Being in the league for 11 years, I've realized that sometimes you get out to starts like this. It doesn't mean that it will always be like that. For now, it is what it is, and I just hope to keep getting better.

I don't really care about that. My motivation comes from within myself. I put more pressure on myself than any media, or any person or any coach can put on me.

I don't know how you describe it or what words you put to it. It's almost unbelievable.

If his shoulder comes back healthy. I would like to see if it does.

He's not just a business adviser or agent, he's a friend. He really gets to know people.