Quotes by Junior Seau

“We did what we had to do. Getting a win was key.”

“Hes mature beyond his years.”

“I played on one leg for seven weeks, ... Knowing I could have two legs next year, its definitely something Im looking forward to.”

“Whenever you get in that situation in the course of a game, you hope to get one tackle. To make three tackles is a career in the National Football League.”

“Its one game. After one game, youre going to be in first place or last place. Were in first place.”

“It just cramped up, and I didnt want to risk anything.”

“Whenever the defense needed to get off the field, we didnt execute. We recognize that, and hopefully it wont happen again.”

“When youre putting your kids to bed and their prayer at night is God, please let Daddy win, sometime, you know its getting bad.”

“If you look at the history of the game it has happened to every great player: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Marcus Allen. You can go down the list, that there is transition.”

Too many athletes are living in a tiny window. They have no vision for themselves - what they can be outside of football and what they can mean to a community. They just dont know any better. My hopes and dreams are unlimited.

Im not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that youll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It aint going to happen.

As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasnt from school, it was the hood. The influences of the hood are very powerful.

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if youre looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I dont waste time looking back.

Leadership cant be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you cant fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.