Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Tiki Barber

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Tiki Barber.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Tiki Barber

Atiim Kiambu "Tiki" Barber is an American former football running back who played for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Virginia. Barber was drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft, and played his entire professional career for the team. Barber retired from the NFL at the end of the 2006 NFL postseason as the Giants' all-time rushing and reception leader. Barber was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.
I have a need to do something and know I can be successful.
If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game. — © Tiki Barber
If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.
Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.
People go through life and make personal decisions and sometimes they don't work out. I won't be the first person to be divorced.
You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.
Every day is an opportunity disguised as a challenge.
It's a basic, elemental universe, one of the last remaining zones where violence and domination sort out who is top dog. That's football's glory, and its curse. The game of football doesn't transfer well to the real world. You can't treat your friends, neighbors, or loved ones the way you treat your opponent on the football field.
Marshall was a pioneering player. As a threat in so many different aspects of football, he revolutionized the way in which the running back position was played. He was the player that I wanted to emulate.
My family is everything to me.
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