Michael Strahan Quotes (90 Quotes)

Good riddance. Bring on the future. We're ready.

When you're older, it's harder to stay in this game and play at a Pro Bowl level. I definitely feel it was one of my better years, if not the best. Experience definitely helps, realizing you don't have to rely so much on bulk, mass and strength. You can rely on what you've learned over the years and you can be just as effective.

I appreciate that without a doubt. Great quarterback. I just look at it as going up against Kerry Collins, who is playing for the Raiders now. Nothing more.

Well, that's good. He should. I'm sure he's not happy with the way he left the Giants and I'm sure I wouldn't be if that were the same situation in my case.

My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

I just enjoy this game for everyday and don't take it for granted. I just try and play my best every day. Hopefully, if I do that, it'll lead to that Super Bowl title.

Hopefully, by the time the game's over, there'll be 10 people in the stands. We have to treat this like it's our last game. No one wants to depend on winning in Oakland.

Sometimes, the better the competition, the better you play,

And I was embarrassed, ... And it hurt, man. So he said, 'You've got to get through that. Really it's more mental than anything else.' Once I got through that, all of a sudden I instantly got better.

You can get up here and have a good time and you don't have to worry about saying the right thing all the time.

They were basically throwing the ball up and had some fun with it. We gave up too many big plays. It was too easy, too obvious for them. This isn't rocket science.

When you watch him on film, he's scary. I've never seen somebody who's so quick, fast, powerful.

Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.

I haven't thought about it, to be honest with you, because it is not going to help. This time of the year, the games are flying by, so you can't really think about that. I'm sure Antonio is trying to get back and as soon as he can. But there is no way I can possibly go out here and do what I have to do I don't think anybody can and worry about another player at this point.

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.

When I saw the date of the game, it was a little like, 'Whoa,' ... It kind of took you back. We'll go out here and hopefully give everybody in the city of New York and across the country something to be happy about and turn it into a celebration.

I started playing Madden back in 1993 because that was the first year I actually made it into the game and that was a big thrill. When you're in Madden, you've made it, baby.

My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.

As a unit, from where we were in the past, holding your breath every time they kicked to us or we kicked to them, to now we have a unit that can swing momentum, it's phenomenal.

This time of year, you really have to be able to stop the run. So it's going to be key for us to get back to where we were.

At some point, we have to make plays. We can't just leave it up to the offense to win it for us at the end.

I'll always remember going to lunch with him and sitting down in his office, just talking and having long conversations. Thinking about those times and then thinking about seeing him just the other day and visiting with him and having him wake up and squeeze my hand, it's just tough.

With the players Madden is definitely king and that's probably why it's been one of the top selling games all these years and will probably continue to be.

You can always come in and be hard, then get a little bit easier to work with than to be easy and all of a sudden try to be hard. He must have known what he was doing because we're here in the playoffs. All of the rules mean nothing unless you make it mean something. And right now no one is making that stuff really matter at all.

It felt like we were in a heavyweight championship fight, too. It was just a punch to the face. There are other ways to block people. He said it was an accident and I'll take him at his word. But it's the kind of injury that ends careers.

We can be sympathetic to them and what they've gone through, especially since we experienced a similar thing a few years ago. But once we step on the field, the guy across from me is not my friend and I'm not going to try to be his friend.

At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

There are similarities. There is loss, there is tragedy. Still guys have to be able to focus. Football is football.

We've just got to make plays. Keep the ball out of their hands, make the tackles, all the other stuff. We didn't do it.

When it happened I was scared. All I could think of was Brian Williams ex-Giant center who lost his career to an eye injury. I don't think Slaughter was trying to hurt me. He was apologizing from the moment I got up.

I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.

We have to be a lot crisper. We have to be sharp. Defensively, we can't give up any big plays and let them move the ball at will. They have a great running game. We're going to have to stop the run. That's first and foremost.

I remember it ended former Giants center Brian Williams' career in training camp. Initially it scared the heck out of me. But my vision started to come back. People were talking about how bad it looked.

So I feel fresher. I appreciate getting the chance to go out there again. I want to make the most of that every time.

You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year.

The guy is a team player, a talented player, but most of all he's an incredible person. There are three guys since I've been around, personality wise, that are the most inspirational in handling everyday (stuff) Lomas Brown, Jason Garrett, who just cannot be rattled if the Titanic is going down, just stand with him and you'll feel good about it and Kurt Warner. He's a professional, man.

I don't think anybody's bought into the notion of how good we are, because we're not perfect and we still have a long season to go. I think we all realize what we have at stake, and that it would be a lot better to be 4-1 than to be 3-2, because at 3-2 it's almost as if you have to start over.

I plan to. But it's preseason. If I'm not right, I won't play. If I'm right, I'll play.

You want to make something happen on defense, and for a guy who is managing a game or just kind of sits backs there and tries to pick you apart, it is a little frustrating. Defensively you want that one opportunity to make something happen. When you have a guy who plays smart like that, it makes it a little bit more difficult.

That was a fun move to make because it answered a lot of questions about how my size would affect me,