Terry Bradshaw Quotes

Everybody handles things differently.

I'm taking memory power boost tablets to help me every day and doing the puzzles to help me stay focused.

You have to understand, now, I'm a momma's boy. I'm from the south. My way of being raised is totally different than the big city life. I truly was a country boy.

People ask me all the time would I like to still be playing? No. I'm glad I played when I played.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

Being gifted intellectually is only a small part of the equation of success. Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far more failures are due to lack of will than lack of ability.

I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

For an athlete, there's no time off until it's over.

Bad attitudes will ruin your team.

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

James Davison took me out to show me where Karl is living right now and where hes going to build. Karl wasnt at home. He was out there somewhere in the woods riding on some Caterpillar or some kind of tractor. But I figured wed at least knock on the door to see if he was there. His wife answered the door. So we got to meet Kay before Karl.

I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger.

I got a family I got to answer to. I got kids my older parents and my preachers and everybody.

I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot of casting. I can work a jig or a worm. But not for long, especially if the big ones are biting. Those big bass will make it hurt after a while.

I want to help people, give hope to all. Humor is the foundation of our lives.

Imagine yourself sitting on top of a great thoroughbred horse. You sit up there and you just feel that power. That's what it was like playing quarterback on that team [the Pittsburgh Steelers]. It was a great ride.

I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family.

When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge.

When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.

I don't like confrontation.

While Bradshaw applauded McNabb for playing hurt, he offered this dose of reality for the Eagles If he doesn't stay healthy, it's over, ... What are you going to do You roll the dice.

I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.

You can't have 'yes' people around you.

When I was labeled stupid, that scarred me forever.

If I'm not the sexiest man alive, explain why so many women married me.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

After three failed marriages, I know what its like to be replaced. So thats kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today. ... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like hes going to be a bust in Detroit.

You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain.

I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.

I kept hearing I'd be traded to San Francisco. Man I would love that. I even went so far as to go into the locker room singing 'I left my heart in San Francisco'. Nobody laughed or said a word. I figured maybe I'd get my wish

I could not bounce back from my divorce - emotionally - I just could not bounce back. With any bad situations I’d experienced before - a bad game or my two previous divorces - I got over them. This time I just could not get out of the hole. The anxiety attacks were frequent and extensive. I had weight loss, which I’d never had before. I couldn’t stop crying. And if I wasn’t crying, I was angry, bitter, hateful and mean-spirited. I couldn’t sleep - couldn’t concentrate. It just got crazy.

I’m always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.

As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy... there's something about winning a Super Bowl.

Pain is one of life's great lessons. You need to know how you'll react to the negatives in your life. Only then will you learn from the pain, and the next time it happens, you can speed up your healing process.

The fear for a network is the viewer gets tired of you. Not that you lost any credibility, but they get tired of you.

The life of a winner is the result of an unswerving commitment to a never-ending process of self-completion .

Fans are fans. I hated and loved them, hated and loved them, hated and loved them.

No one will ever win four [Super Bowls] in six years again. It won't happen. You can chisel that sucker in stone.

If you play in the NFL and start for 10 years, it's not good. It is not good.

The only thing I care about is my family.

Depression is a physical illness.

I could not bounce back from my divorce - emotionally - I just could not bounce back.

I really don't care that I'm ranked.

Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought them up to your level.

I'm going to tell it straight, that yes, I'd love to be traded

When I played for the Steelers and I got my bell rung, I'd take smelling salts and go right back out there.

The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.