Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Bobby Wagner

I think that the consistency on being great and a top player, you know, it's always been the goal because it's not too many people that can sustain greatness for a long time.

I work out every single day, so you all don't have to worry about me being in shape, and my mind is going to always be sharp.

All the knowledge that I get, all the access that I get, I try to pass that down. And not open a door, and close it behind me. But open a door and see how many people behind me that I can pull in with me, and start showing the value of diversity, the value of having that different perspective than yours.

I want people to understand how money works and how people invest.

I know my value. Nobody has to tell me my value. I know my value, so no team, no person, no agent, can tell me my value, and I believe in myself.

If I could get a Ninja Turtles tattoo, I would.

I feel like I'm a very simple man.

You can't come in and value your company at $10 billion if you don't have any sales, or you don't have anything to justify why your company is worth that much.

I'm blessed and there's nothing that anybody can say to me that's going to take that away from me.

Back when my mom passed, I thought about quitting football. I didn't want to play no more. So for me to be in this position on my third contract, something that statistically nobody gets to do, I'm grateful.

You don't normally get to hear that, you don't normally get to hear your coaches yelling at you from the sideline when you got fans there.

A company can be an amazing company, but they can set their valuation of their company so high to where they price themselves out.

If I can be a better businessman than I am a football player, that would be pretty successful, because the bar is set pretty high.

I strive for being great.

I feel like her personality lives through me. How she was and how she acted lives through me. I smile when people say, 'Your mom used to do that; you're thinking just like your mom.'

A lot of athletes go from not making any money at all to make any large pot of money. Then they get approached by an agent who takes a percentage. Then they get approached by your financial advisor who starts investing your money without you even understanding what he's doing.

I just want to be someone that a football player can look at and say this guy dominated on the field and was able to transition and do just as well. I feel we need more of that.

You watch guys like Ray Lewis, you watch guys like Brian Urlacher, everything they accomplished was dope. But it was cool to see them do it for one team, one city and really cement their legacy where they were at.

As a team you have to figure out what you want to do and who do you want to pay and that comes from the guys upstairs.

Too often, people wait until somebody's gone before they truly appreciate them.

The season is very long.

If you are saving lives, I am willing to help.

Obviously, everything that has been built in Silicon Valley is something that a lot of places are trying to mimic, and rightfully so. There's been a lot of amazing companies that have come out of there.

I pride myself on taking care of my body. I make some sacrifices. I might not go out as much as everybody else or I might not... I don't drink.

Save enough that you can live off of. Then that's when you take your risks.

I eat pretty much the same thing on certain days. So Wednesdays, I'll probably eat the same meal.

You know, when you look at it, a lot of the time you have guys that have one or two good years - you know, really, really special years - but then they don't do anything after that. But, like, to be at the top of the game year in and year out consistently has really always been the goal.

I feel like if I can help somebody look at money differently or manage their finances differently or spend a little differently, then I feel like I'm doing my job. So I'll try to help them see the bigger picture and think longevity versus the temporary spending that we're kind of accustomed to.

I think you have to have an environment where people want to come and work, feel they're appreciated and are aligned on the same path or same goal. And then they have got to believe in the leader.

Every year they are making the game harder and harder for a defensive player to play.

I'm a professional.

You're never happy with not being the best.

There is a lot of things happening that are bigger than football.

I think as you get older - for me - I've always had the idea I've wanted to play for the Seahawks my whole career.

I always try to be a consistent player.

You've got to be by yourself at some point.

No, it's not easy as it seems sometimes, but hitting year 10 is definitely special because it's not too many people that can do it, let alone do it at a high level.

When you're around somebody for a long period of time, they know you and you know them. So, there's a lot of nonverbal communication that happens.

I appreciate my teammates.

I really kind of hate the idea that players have to solely focus on their sport.

Whenever you go somewhere, you want to leave a mark.

If you don't have a defense this league don't exist. So I feel like defensive players do need to kind of stand their ground to kind of show that we are just as important. You see all the offensive guys getting paid and we are just as important.

I feel like I was always good at the run.

Honestly, I pride myself on finding a great routine and I feel like I've got a great routine down - from the way I eat to the way I prepare to the way I approach the game.

You just get into a routine and you allow that routine to become consistent. So if your routine off the field becomes consistent, then your play on the field will become consistent.

We should take the time to learn and understand how to make the money work for us versus working for the money, and do your due diligence and understand what it is that you're investing in.

It's an honor to support the Black College Football Hall of Fame and HBCU Legacy Bowl in their efforts to provide more opportunities for students attending historically black colleges and universities.

You know, we've had moments on our great defenses in the past - 2012, '13, '14... where we weren't playing as well as we wanted to play. We had moments where we weren't doing the things that we practice or we were supposed to execute.

In a business where it's cutthroat, it's cool to be able to play with one organization your whole career.

When I started to go out there and listen to different startups or different CEOs talk about how you build this company from a two-person team to a team of 500, I really just stepped back and was like, 'Well, it's not necessarily a business, but football has a lot of similarities to that.'

It's a little harder nowadays because of the way contracts are set up, the way the league is, to play with one team.

You can follow your passion and your play doesn't have to fall off.

I do yoga.

If you lose and don't go to the big game, they always try to figure out what went wrong, what happened.

I like to be consistent so I like to challenge myself with consistency.

Anybody who wears slippers everywhere he goes can't be that intense.

Yeah, I've gotten to know the many sides of Richard Sherman as the years have passed. There's a lot going on with that guy.

My goal is to really be a dominant player in this league and have nobody question that. That's what I strive for.

I do feel like the quarterback of the defense is pretty important, so not having that piece would put a damper on the defense.

That's how my mom was. She did that. She went out of her way to say hi to people or to speak to people. She was a people person.