Michael Strahan Quotes

With the players Madden is definitely king and that's probably why it's been one of the top selling games all these years and will probably continue to be. This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect. My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary. All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how long you can retain and pay attention. That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on! I have the best memories as a kid eating ice cream. It was a family tradition that I had with my father. It was nice. I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl. Believe it and it will happen. The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note. I love solving problems. It makes me happy to juggle all the jobs I do-figuring out which team is supposed to win on Fox NFL Sunday; reacting off the cuff to Kelly [Ripa, on Live]; and now Good Morning America, trying to fit into that group. The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish. I definitely believe in marriage. Memorizing a playbook is like memorizing a script. When they change the script at the last minute it's like changing a play in a game. I'm not an adulterer. I'm not gay. My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?' When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I'm bashful. German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back. If you're not the one cooking, stay out of the way and compliment the chef. You want to win and you want the [NFL] ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it. Well, I've been a fan of videogames all my life. We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football. When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep! Tim Lewis is great, he's a great coordinator. I was scared every time I put on a uniform and stepped on the field. I'm scared every day I go into the studio and I come on stage because I fear that I will not live up to what is expected. I fear that somebody who spent a lot of money to come into our studio, to come to New York and they'll walk away and go, 'I could have stayed at home.' I feared that as a player a fan would come to the stands and I wouldn't perform well. Just the way I'm built. I'm more scared of failure than I am excited about the ac My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf. Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there. I started playing Madden back in 1993 because that was the first year I actually made it into the game and that was a big thrill. When you're in Madden, you've made it, baby. The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation. At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me. I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in. Camp is always all business.