I'm always gonna be Joe Namath, and I'm not running from that.

I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can.

After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.

I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'

Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.