Barry Sanders Quotes

The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team

Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.

See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.

I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.

I'm a Jewish boy from Jersey. I was born with a strong sense of right and wrong, and a strong sense that the world can be a ludicrous, unfair, inhumane place.

My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would rather see other people happy than herself.

One of the flabby lines you hear sometimes is, 'Speak truth to power'. Power knows the truth. It's speaking the truth to yourself that's the challenge.

My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.

I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.

I don't dream football. I dream the American Dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success.

Life doesn't stop with football.

You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.

The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.

A lot of times I did lose yards on a run, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.

It's probably similar to being in New York City and having a cab driver behind you and you're driving too slow. It's not the most pleasant thing.

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. When we were playing in the street, it was more touch football, so we didn't hit each other into cars.

I really love peace and quiet.

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.

I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.

I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn't have adequate time to reach my full potential as a student.

I don't know the right way to retire.

I just felt like I had run out of steam. I just felt like it was my time.

Let's just win it and go home.

If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.

Running back was always my favorite position.

Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.

I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that’s when things changed as far as going to the NFL.

Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.

The Heisman is the biggest award I've ever won.

I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.