63 Quotes by Junior Seau

I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.

I'm living proof that you can make it out of the ghetto.

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

My background wasn't one blessed with all the luxuries in life. Nothing is forever and I realize that.

When my TV show, 'Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,' assigned me to be a 'Sports Illustrated' reporter for a weekend, I didn't realize I'd have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull.

When I first started playing football, a headache was called a 'headache.' And now it's called 'a concussion.'

The best meal at my restaurant is the whole right side of the menu.

The Super Bowl is a game. Life is for real. What I went through helped me get to where I am today. I won't forget. I can't forget. Because a man who forgets his past sometimes loses his soul and forgets where to go in the future.

Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play.