Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Chris Long
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
In my career playing football, nobody asked me to do as much as Bill Belichick did.
My first big paycheck - this is kind of funny - I bought a Cadillac DTS. I thought it looked really comfortable.
I'm open for whatever any team asks me to do.
Michelle Obama has also done a lot of work in the scope of educational equity and being able to work with her on some of her initiatives has been awesome. I'm very honored.
For Laura Ingraham to go after LeBron for speaking out politically is ridiculous.
I am incredibly thankful that football has provided me with a platform to give back and I am proud that so many of my colleagues have decided to use this stage to create positive and impactful change in our local communities and around the world.
And I respect the anthem. I would never kneel for it. We all come from different walks of life and think differently about the anthem and the flag and what that means.
It's an accomplishment to play in the NFL.
I think if you show a player an avenue to make a difference, he's going to bring that same intensity he brings on the field in his community.
Earlier in my career, I wanted to do a lot of things under the radar because I felt uncomfortable in engaging with the fans because then they're thinking, 'Well, you're doing it for publicity,' or whatever.
My mother has been really instrumental in raising a lot of money through the Boys & Girls Club in my hometown.
There was a time when I was injured and playing really bad and cut, rightfully so, that I wasn't sure what my future in football was.
Do I get irritated by the no-Pro Bowl thing, never making a Pro Bowl? Yeah, I do.
I've had to work and scratch and claw for every inch of what I've gotten as a football player.
I came to Philly not only because of the quality of the team and the organization, but also the fans, the passion - it's really palpable in that city.
I've been lucky, man. I've been very lucky for 10 years, made a lot of money playing a game, a kids' game.
Any football player will tell you that in July you get this dark cloud over you if you know camp's coming.
The 24-hour news cycle is kind of insatiable. Players in the '80s and '90s didn't have to deal with that scrutiny.
I do have great memories from when my pops got inducted. Obviously, knowing him and knowing how hard he worked in pro football for so long and what he sacrificed, the physical side of it, the injuries, and the grinding and now eight years into the NFL you know what hard work that is.
A mullet is something that takes time and effort.
This is a wonderful country, and I think everyone agrees on that, but there are things in our country that can improve.
The lead initiative of my foundation is clean water, but not far behind it is military appreciation.
Wherever I go and whoever I go play for, I'm a football player. I enjoy playing football, I enjoy the game, I enjoy being a teammate.
I've heard a lot of people say you need white athletes to get involved in the anthem protests. I've said before I'll never kneel for an anthem, because the flag means something different for everybody in this country, but I support my peers.
I think the one commonality between the two Super Bowl teams I've been on is great, great teammates. I can honestly say that guys in Philly could definitely thrive in New England and vice versa - if you throw out the scheme differences.
For all the evils in the world, I think apathy is one of the most dangerous.
I play in a league that's 70 percent black and my peers, guys I come to work with, guys I respect who are very socially aware and are intellectual guys, if they identify something that they think is worth putting their reputations on the line, creating controversy, I'm going to listen to those guys.
I'm always trying to play for respect. I don't play the game for much else.
America's an awesome country, man. Everybody knows that.
I've been through nine camps, and they're all a little bit different, but at the end of the day, it's just football.
I think of myself as a complete person, not just a football player and athlete.
I've always believed there are inequities in our country.
It's a team game, but at the end of the day, you gotta be happy, and you gotta enjoy playing football every day.
Educational equity was my way of giving my salary. It's not $10 million or anything. I'm not going to act like I'm the first guy to donate $1 million to something, but it has been good.
I love charity. Ask anyone.
I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.
Tom Brady blew me away. Who's the most famous athlete of our generation: Tom Brady? LeBron? Messi? Ronaldo? Serena Williams? Maybe I haven't been around enough to know how the biggest stars really act. But Brady is a normal guy.
I love Philadelphia.
I like that outlaw crossover rock 'n' roll-country sound.
In New England, I learned so much about football. I always thought I was a smart player, even though I never thought about anything but the six inches in front of my face. In New England, I was forced to learn so many schematic concepts.
I'm not somebody that's been a natural at anything.
Actually, I wanted to play baseball. Honestly, I just think with a kid developing, playing a lot of sports, it's just kind of whatever you're good at.
When I entered free agency, I said whatever team I end up on, I'm going to work.
I'm a big guy and I can't have any tiny tattoos.
My dad was able to give me everything through football.
I want to squeeze every drop out of my potential as far as affecting the world around me.
When I grew up, I had everything you could ask for, and I kind of didn't appreciate it. Because it was a given for me. Everybody that grew up in my neighborhood was going to have an opportunity to go to college. I took that for granted. I always regret that.
The 25-year-old me would tell the 32-year-old me to take the two rings and go start the next chapter in life, but it's never simple when you still have gas left in the tank.
I think a lot of winning a Super Bowl is being at the right place at the right time. It's sacrifice, it's making team plays and being an impactful player is part of it.
It's unbelievable how far my career has taken me.
Continuity is one of the hardest things to come by in the NFL.
I'm a rhythm player. I need to set people up, I need to be in the flow of the game.
If we're saying there are incidents of oppression in this country, systematically or individually in this country, I don't think saying, 'Well, in country X, Y or Z it's 10 times worse' is making things any better. I think that may be true, but why can't we improve?
I don't think football is enough for me.
Robert Quinn. He's ridiculous. He can do anything a DB can do... at three hundred pounds!
I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.
I've been compared to my dad my whole life. That pressure I've learned to deal with.
In my training in the summer, back in the day, I used just go, go, go! I wouldn't take any days off, I would do whatever I wanted, as much as I wanted of it.
Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please.
The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.
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