181 Quotes by Troy Polamalu

The combination that he carries - with the size, speed and agility - is matched by nobody else.

The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it’s a test of will.

Probably the label ‘Jesus freak’ is fine with me. Because I know who I am.

I think it’s important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don’t think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.

Some days I’m just flipping through the iPod trying to get pumped, some days I don’t want to listen to anything and just focus. From game to game from day to day, whatever people do to motivate themselves, they do. I do all kinds of things.

I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being baptized Orthodox, it’s like reading a whole new Bible. You see the depth behind the words so much more clearly.

I work barefooted on balance plates. I do explosive squats on balance surfaces that your body has to use muscles it’s not used to. It’s all kinds of exercises that your body isn’t really used to, and it tricks your body into getting stronger every time.

It’s important for me to have strong hair in case someone pulls it and tries to rip it all out.

People call me crazy and a madman. Even ‘Tasmanian Devil.’ I’d rather be called the ‘Tasmanian Angel.’