328 Quotes by Hines Ward

When you’re that No. 1 seed, teams are gunning for you, everybody wants to be that team to knock you off. For us, we get a chance to face the No. 1 team for a second time this year, so let’s see what happens.

Guys ask me, ‘Why are you always smiling?’ Are you kidding? I’m in the NFL, that’s why!

I grew up kind of fast. I had a lot of responsibilities-cleaning the house, going to school on my own, making good grades on my own.

I was a lost child. I wasn’t accepted in the black community because I was Korean, and I wasn’t accepted in the Korean community because I was black.

Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, Bobby Bowden were in our living room. My mom didn’t know who they were!

My whole life I’ve been trying to prove people wrong. I ended up beating everything.

Defensive backs are always trying to kill me, so I’m trying to get them first.

As players and coaches, we all want to reach our goal. It’s up to us to go out there and perform.

And for me to have my name mentioned among some of the Super Bowl MVPs that played in the Super Bowl, words can’t describe it. It’s totally a dream come true.