Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Jason Witten - Page 2

So much is made of catches and doing all of that. But inside a team, the things you remember are the moments when nobody thinks you can do it and you try to rally your team and try to add some inspiration for them.

Granddad taught me a long time ago, act like you've been there before.

When I've had injuries where there's nothing structurally wrong and I know it's just about gutting through? I have the ability to say, 'Get better. I'm good.'

You just constantly are evaluating and learning and drawing players and coverages and talking through it. It's part of making you the player, how you want to approach the game.

Every time you go out, you want to help your team, play your best and don't let any opportunities slide by.

A lot of guys I've seen in my career that played at a high level and were done, they moved on, never thought another day about it.

I don't believe in moral victories. I don't think in pro ball they exist, and they shouldn't exist.

There are a lot of good tight ends.

There's something to be said with your quarterback your leader being there on Day 1.

Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.

I took pride in knowing, 'Hey, my numbers may be down, but football guys know I'm playing at a high level.'

Wins in this league are precious.

From minute one, I thought that after I called a game, I said 'Man, I thought I would enjoy calling a game a little more than I probably did.' I thought I would enjoy that part of it. I didn't have the fulfillment that I thought I probably would.

Like others before me, I have a great opportunity as an NFL player to make a difference in the lives of others.

There comes a point in every season for every team that you start to separate yourself, and you see the league do that every year.

My career has been defined, in a good way, on the option route. And a lot of times, it's a bang-bang play. It's a great play because it can convert first downs. But at the same time, you don't get a lot of those opportunities in the open field.

My whole approach in calling a game is that you want to be fun and entertaining, but you also want to be the voice of reason too.

Anytime you kind of take the road that I've taken, people don't know what to expect.

Being famous is fun.

Ideally, if you ask most tight ends, they would say we want the defender on us early. The reason for that is we feel like, for one, we know where we're going. Two, we can attack leverage, it declares itself if it's truly man coverage. We can work the release.

We all get motivated differently and I think as you get older, you'd be foolish not to draw on your experiences from the past.

We all want more money, it just doesn't work that way.

Like most tight ends I was a pass-receiving tight end coming into the league.

You try to make the decisions that you think are best in realtime.

You want to fight for everything you can get, every yard, every drive, every opportunity that you have.

Being a fan of the game, you always look up to those types of guys that really have given you an opportunity.

Look, it's a show-me game. I've got to be able to show it.

It's special to me, a privilege being a role model. I take pride in being a good one.

I just want to exhaust every opportunity to play and obviously try to play in a game like this - the Super Bowl.

I really think for any tight end around my age, Shannon Sharpe was the guy you looked to in Denver, him and Elway and what they were able to achieve.

There's so many ways to be passionate about what you do.

Fitting in with teammates has never been an issue for me. It's always something that came very natural.

My game's really never referenced as shake 'n' bake.

Yeah, I probably talk a little bit of trash.

I am extremely flattered to be chosen the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year from such an esteemed group of nominees.

Since I was 15 or 16 years old, my grandfather was my high school football coach and my life's been ball. Dinners we're talking about ball and college we're talking about ball.

Once you're a player, you always have a little bit of that in you.

There's nothing better than having a positive impact on kids.