Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Terrell Owens

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Terrell Owens.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Terrell Owens

Terrell Eldorado Owens, nicknamed T.O., is an American football wide receiver for the Knights of Degen of Fan Controlled Football (FCF). He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. A six-time Pro Bowl selection and five-time first-team All-Pro, Owens ranks third in career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports.
Everything that I've gone through since the end of 2010, from me finding out about my financial adviser stealing, mismanaging my money - that affected everything, from child support, mortgages, to me having to sell my properties, me being in and out of court trying to modify my child support. It's a lot to deal with at one time.
You never know what a person is going through, regardless of how much money they make or however great a life you think they're living. — © Terrell Owens
You never know what a person is going through, regardless of how much money they make or however great a life you think they're living.
I've sustained a meniscus injury, shortly after that I sustained an ACL injury so really just going through that and going through some personal issues, personal problems within myself.
I have an ability that I've already honed in on to get better.
It doesn't matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.
A lot of people think I'm stuck up. Pretty much that I'm arrogant. I only do that when I'm on the field.
I love me some me.
Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.
A lot of emotional stress that people go through, some people figure out a way to handle it. They have a strong enough support system to keep going and keep moving forward. And some people, they feel like they don't have that outlet.
I'm not gonna waste your time, so I wouldn't expect you to waste my time.
I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person.
I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street. — © Terrell Owens
I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street.
This is God's world this is not the media's world.
God blessed me to play football.
I feel like with me being a big part of any offense, then the numbers are going to come.
I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.
I know my body better than anything, better than anybody.
There are things players go through on an everyday basis in the business of football. You don't see it all with the glitz and glamour of game day.
I don't want that to be the headline.
People forget that I'm a human being, just because I play a sport that everybody loves. We're human. We're not invincible. We share the same feelings and emotions that people on the outside feel. I don't think people really understand that.
Right is right and wrong is wrong.
I'm human; that's what people don't realize.
I don't see outside of me.
I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that.
I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.
Life and death. At some point we're gonna leave this world. Do I know when? Absolutely not.
Some people are too prideful to go out and reach out to people to help them in that situation because it's just such a dark time.
When I step on the field, you know what you gonna get.
God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.
If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed.
I don't have no friends. I don't want no friends. That's how I feel.
I just feel like I know what I bring to the game. Very confident in what I do.
I don't have to play football.
A lot of people have to deal with the feeling that their worlds are caving in.
Everything that I have done that the media sees as an obstacle, I have over come it.
Jerry (Rice) played until he was 42. At 39, I ran a 4.43 40-yard dash. You look at the number of dropped balls and the way guys are playing now and you can't honestly say I can't do better.
I just feel like I know what I bring to the game.  Very confident in what I do. — © Terrell Owens
I just feel like I know what I bring to the game. Very confident in what I do.
I just feel like with God you can't be defeated.
There has to be a beginning somewhere and my thing is that I am going to give it all I got.
I'm smart enough to know when I've done something wrong, but I don't understand this. Guys are beating their wives, getting DUIs and doing drugs, and I get national attention for a Sharpie? People are personally attacking me, calling me a classless asshole because I did something creative during a game. Why?
Exposure is exposure, whether it's good or bad. But you know what? You live and you learn, and I know who to trust and who not to trust. I'm in control of what I'm in control of, and that's me coming in here and being productive on the field. And as long as I'm keeping my nose clean and doing the right thing, then I'm OK.
I've only been on one vacation ever. I just went to Acapulco before training camp.
Ill watch the highlights every now and then but, as far as watching the game, I feel like I am the game.
I may not say it all the time or I may not pray as much as I need to, but I am not forgetting where I came from and how I got to be where I am today.
I've never really thought of myself as having an ego. I've always found myself as having a lot of confidence. I know I have a lot of great ability. I know what I bring to the table.
It doesnt matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.
I feel like it was a little disrespectful but you know what I feel like, I have been successful, blessed and I keep my faith in God, man, and I just keep it moving. — © Terrell Owens
I feel like it was a little disrespectful but you know what I feel like, I have been successful, blessed and I keep my faith in God, man, and I just keep it moving.
I've always been pretty much a quiet person. When I was little, I got picked on a lot. After I went through all that, I pretty much kept to myself.
This is Gods world this is not the medias world.
This is a dirty business, that is why I go out and play with my heart. I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports. This is like a nine to five. No guaranteed contracts, and that is the worst thing about it.
I know the microphones and cameras are on me. They're looking at my gestures and taking it and running with it because of things that have happened in the past. It's very unfair.
People have doubted me and criticized me my whole life, and that's why I'm the way I am.
Yes, I am a narcissist. The best, too.
That just shows you their type of class and integrity. They claim to be first class and the best organization. It's an embarrassment and it shows the lack of class that they really have.....The Eagles would be undefeated right now with Green Bay's quarterback. We'd probably be in a much better position with him on the team (instead of present Eagles quarterback Donavon McNabb).
When I was a kid, I'd watch pro football on TV and I'd see someone make a play and I'd say, 'I wish that could be me.' But then I'd have to wonder, 'Could I make that big play?'
I would not have gone to Philly if I really did not have my free agency right, if I did not have a case, period.
I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person
Like my boy tells me; if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.
Like I have said all along, I have the best doctor of all, and that is God. You can't argue with a guy like that.
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