Terry Bradshaw

People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. That's how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes.

I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family.

I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot of casting. I can work a jig or a worm. But not for long, especially if the big ones are biting. Those big bass will make it hurt after a while.

As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy... there's something about winning a Super Bowl.

I love the national anthem.

I am not much on down-time. I'm ADHD, and I gotta be moving.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.

I am a Christian guy. I've struggled with that; I have struggled with everything.

When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.

I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.

I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real.

Everybody handles things differently.

The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.

There's a company that wants to put hair on me! I don't know if it's plugs, I'm sure it is. I laughed and said, 'You gotta be kidding.'

I would start with the most important thing a quarterback has to be: poised. If you panic in that pocket, you are no good. I don't care what else is there; you have to be poised.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

You have to understand, now, I'm a momma's boy. I'm from the south. My way of being raised is totally different than the big city life. I truly was a country boy.

People ask me all the time would I like to still be playing? No. I'm glad I played when I played.

If you play in the NFL and start for 10 years, it's not good. It is not good.

I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.

When you're clinically depressed the serotonin in your brain is out of balance and probably always will be out of balance. So I take medication to get that proper balance back. I'll probably have to be on it the rest of my life.

I got a family I got to answer to. I got kids... my older parents and my preachers and everybody.

The only thing I care about is my family.

The fear for a network is the viewer gets tired of you. Not that you lost any credibility, but they get tired of you.

I just see too many people retire and say, 'I'm going to take off, travel, spend time with my family' and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer.

You can't have 'yes' people around you.

I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at.

I really don't care that I'm ranked.

When I was labeled stupid, that scarred me forever.

Any team can win.

Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought them up to your level.

Why would anyone want to read what I have to say?

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

I was not used to criticism.

When I played for the Steelers and I got my bell rung, I'd take smelling salts and go right back out there.

I'm taking memory power boost tablets to help me every day and doing the puzzles to help me stay focused.

It's obvious that my brain isn't what it used to be.

I could not bounce back from my divorce - emotionally - I just could not bounce back.

I'm always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.

Depression is a physical illness.

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit.

All great empires die from within.

Bad attitudes will ruin your team.