Junior Seau Quotes

I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They’re the leaders, they make the calls. It didn’t work out because I didn’t have the arm. I also played wide receiver my senior year in high school.

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

I’m basically a homegrown American.

From my old neighborhood, I learned nothing was guaranteed, not even life itself. You better get it today, because tomorrow is not promised.

No, I want my kids to be Tiger Woods. And Serena Williams. I dig those two.

The past isn’t going to get you to your goal.

Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I’ve come across so many trainers and equipment managers who‘ve allowed me to be who I am today.

A lot of children can go back and look at their childhood and find reasons why it wasn’t perfect. But why whine about something no one can fix? You deal with it.

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

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you’re looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don’t waste time looking back.

I can’t handle rollercoasters. I have no control of it. It gets to me.

I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn’t have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.

I want to be the best. That’s just the human way.

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.

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

Leadership can’t be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can’t fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can’t just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

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

You can’t live on last year, you can’t live on the year before. I can’t bring in my 13 Pro Bowls in the locker room and say, look at me. No. That is gone. That is the best thing about the game of football is that everybody starts over.

I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much.

Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him.

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

To chase an athlete that really doesn’t want to speak with you and when you finally get him, gives you three words and you have to write a story based on three words of information he gave you, that’s pretty tough.

You see a hockey player, you’d never know he’s a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.