All you can do is put your story out there enough times and hope that a couple will understand that no matter what type of athlete you are - there were no athletes better than I was, there was no one who had more going for him than I did, there was no athlete stronger mentally than I was.
Lawrence TaylorYou try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.
Lawrence TaylorBut every day I tell my story, and be comfortable with my story and be comfortable with what I've done, and what I did, and how I am today, it lessens the likelihood it will ever happen.
Lawrence TaylorMost of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching these girls.
Lawrence TaylorThe NFL, and I've played a lot of years for them, and they have a lot of restrictions on their players, they have restrictions on their licensees, they have restrictions on everything.
Lawrence TaylorTaking them out of the picture, so to speak, what football really is, the savagery, the core root of football, it doesn't change. It really puts the real in football.
Lawrence TaylorI'll tell you, there were only a few games in my career where I was totally oblivious to everything around me, where I was in the zone.
Lawrence TaylorYou can take a substance that works in your system, but then you take this over here that's not banned, and this over here that's not banned, but if you mix them together, you've got a banned substance in your system.
Lawrence TaylorHopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.
Lawrence TaylorThere were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out.
Lawrence TaylorAnd once you cross over into that world, no matter how strong you are, you have to pay the price.
Lawrence TaylorAnd I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about.
Lawrence TaylorI had everything working my way, strong as a bull. And still I ignored the rules of the game of life.
Lawrence TaylorYou can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it.
Lawrence TaylorWhen you get old, everything is hurting. When I get up in the morning, it sounds like I'm making popcorn.
Lawrence TaylorThere are guys who want to shoot the last shot and others who want to pass off. I want that last shot.
Lawrence Taylor