I owe everything to the Vikings. What they invested in me was more than money.
— Cris Carter
I don't think Joey Harrington is good enough to be a starting quarterback in the NFL.
Joe Montana had bad games in the playoffs against the Giants and Chicago Bears; that doesn't stop us from considering him as possibly the best.
Receivers have always dropped a lot of balls.
Michael Strahan should get the amount of money that anybody else in the league is getting. I don't care if it is a quarterback, wide receiver, defensive lineman, linebacker. He should make the kind of money Brett Favre, Marshall Faulk make, because he's that type of player.
If you're going to be a professional you continue to grow.
I think the modern-day wide receiver, I would say that his skill level is not appreciated. It's not just about the numbers. It's the ability to catch the football and put your talent on display.
I've always wanted to have a career that my kids would be able to see me play and understand what I did.
I believe there is a certain way to do things.
When you play in the NFL now the teams are very, very equal.
I think there's been a myth that QBs makes the WRs but it works hand and hand. QBs need good WRs to throw to in order to be great and WRs need good QBs to throw to them in order to be great.
Everyone knows someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, whether it's depression, trauma or substance abuse. It affects everyone, so we all have a stake in making sure good treatment is available.
The Vikings saw something in me, and I will forever be grateful for that. They saw me as someone who, with the right help, could really succeed.
Hey, a hard background is not an excuse.
I come from some humble beginnings, and I just believed that when people pay their money, hard-earned money, that they deserve a certain level of performance.
I think it would be tough for a lot of the athletes that I play with to think that while that I'm showering, that I'm performing on the field, I'm bleeding, I'm fighting with a person that is a homosexual.
It's hard to believe that in the year 2001 I'd still be running touchdowns.
If the building is on fire and the person decides to stay in there, I don't run in there and get him out. If you see them breaking the glass, if you see them struggling and trying to get out - that's my analogy of how I help out the guys in the league and the kids that really, really need help.
Would you rather have a good fullback or a good third receiver? I'll take the receiver.
When you play quarterback in the NFL, you're going to get scrutinized.
As a running back, when you get the ball year after year - and I would say three years on the short end and seven on the long side - you reach a point where it seems like overnight, your body changes and you can't do what you used to do anymore. We see those drastic declines more at running back than any other position.
The difference between the good players and the great is how long they stay in their prime.
I didn't make the Pro Bowl until my seventh year I think in the NFL. We continually got better.
You have to understand, it takes a lot of qualities to play linebacker - quickness, tackling ability and sheer force - so you just can't take someone from another position and think they could all of a sudden handle that role.
I don't care what you do in life. To say that that year I was the absolute best, especially when you're in a team sport - and I have more of a personality that I wished I would've played an individual sport - to win a championship, to get 60 people and focused in one direction and do it over a seven-month period is phenomenal.
Any time you roll up a corner and you have a safety standing behind him helping out the corner, it's frustrating for any player.
Normally the teams that are in the NFC and AFC championship games are the teams that are going to be right there in the forefront as the season begins.
Before, when going to youth camps, the line for QBs would be around the corner. Now, kids want to be either QBs or WRs. Being a WR is popular, it's cool.
People tend to look at mental health differently than physical health. If someone tears their ACL, we don't expect them to run 30 yards for a touchdown. They need to be treated and have the time to rest and heal, It's the same thing for mental health.
The one thing you have to address with Randy Moss is not a conditioning thing. It's not an age thing. It needs to be addressed. I believe it's the elephant in the room. It's that thing called quit. And Randy, not like any other superstar I've met, he has more quit in him than any of those other players.
I grew up in small-town America, black, disadvantaged.
You get drafted, you perform like a Pro Bowler, then they pay you. But there's certain teams in this league, that's not what they're trying to do.
I think there would be situations that will occur on the field that would be tough for a person who is homosexual, because I know there will be people definitely taking shots at him.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to be voted into the Hall of Fame. But if I don't get in, that's not the end of the world. I am surrounded by my loved ones, and being with them, going through this journey with them, makes me extremely happy.
Sometimes you have to self-scout yourself.
As a wide receiver, you don't want to feel that the quarterback is only going to throw you the ball if you're wide open.
Ronnie Lott - he got a really good shot on me once and I learned that unless I wanted to shorten my career, I needed to steer clear of his path.
If you give Brett Favre time to throw the ball and single coverage, you're making the offense that much better.
If you don't reach outside what yout resources are, you're not gonna get better as a broadcaster.
From a mental standpoint, you can't play this game unless you mentally are clocked in and that's, 'I'm willing to do everything to my body, my mind to put myself so that I can win.'
If we win the Super Bowl, they can't stop my family from getting on the field. We'll be all right. I've got about $80,000 in fine money that I'll be able to afford.
To me, I look at situations and try to look back and see if there was anything I could have done.
The difference between an 8-8 team and a team that goes 12-4 is not that much, and I think we realize that.
Lynn Swann - I loved the way he was like a ballerina playing in the NFL.
It's not as if I dislike Michigan. I have a lot of respect for the university - not only the athletic department but how they educate young people. The only reason I dislike them is because they are the No. 1 rival for OSU.
Advocating for quality addiction treatment has become a passion, and it's the most rewarding thing that someone like me can do. People were there to help me when I needed it, so I've made it my goal to pay it forward.
Great players, they don't get hurt as much as the other players.
I'm supposed to make plays.
There's not a bunch of pressure at the Pro Bowl.
In life, we always make the right decisions the second time around, you know?
