Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Ronnie Lott

Most people would say safety was my best position. To me, the biggest challenge and most gratifying thing I got out of playing football was playing corner, because it was a bigger challenge than playing safety. Playing corner provided me my biggest thrills and my biggest headaches.

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

If I was going to play offense, I'd love to play running back. In high school I played quarterback and wide receiver, but I wouldn't mind running over some folks.

As a matter of a fact, though, I've never actually played a video game where I've played as myself.

I'm a person who really doesn't dwell on the past.

To me, it didn't matter where I played, I just wanted to play well.

I mean, it's not important what kind of pants you wear; it's how you wear them.

The greatest owner in professional sports history is Eddie DeBartolo.

I don’t think Ed Reed has to take a back seat to anybody who ever played the position. ANYBODY.

Art Monk was an example for Jerry Rice. That's what Jerry always told me.

Trying to be the best. Failing. Getting back up. Those characteristics are going to allow you to make great decisions. They are going to allow you to compete. They are going to allow you to achieve your best. That's the American dream.

The body is consuming energy when tense, and restoring energy when it is relaxed.