I was quitting…As I was taking those steps I was saying, ‘Somebody please stop me.’ Lionel Taylor, our receivers coach, said, ‘Hold up a minute,’ and he sat down in the car and we talked. I don’t know what we talked about but I was glad we talked because I went back. And that’s when it started.

Over a 10-season stretch from 1967 to 1976, eight Super Bowl champions either were the Raiders or had to beat the Raiders in the playoffs. The Jets, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Colts, Miami, the Steelers each of the first two times... we all had to deal with the Raiders.

Without social networks, you're not the coolest thing on the Christmas list, and you're not getting any bite.

Love yourself and realize that whatever you attempt to achieve in Life is a direct reflection of you.

When you win and you don't have anyone to share it with, why win? You have someone to share it with you.

I was depressed. I was just depressed. I did not want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler because I knew of the record.

It brought Pittsburgh into the picture of football teams in the National Football League that, ‘OK, you have to deal with us now.’