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" I got tested to see what condition my brain is in. And it's not in real good shape. "

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" I was thinking, mothers show their love for their sons so much greater than dads do. "

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" All great empires die from within. "

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

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" I miss my coach. I love my coach. I miss Chuck Noll. "

" I am a Christian guy. I've struggled with that; I have struggled with everything. "

" I just see too many people retire and say, 'I'm going to take off, travel, spend time with my family' and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer. "

" You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win. "

" I love the national anthem. "

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" Going out to play a game in front of 100,000 spectators doesn't worry me. Nothing to it. "

" I'm not a one-liner guy. I'm a story guy. "

" Bad attitudes will ruin your team. "

" Most athletes, we're the good ol' boys, part of the good-ol'-boy fraternity, and we take care of our brothers, and we cover up the bad habit and the bad play. "

" I don't have hair anymore. I've shrunk. I'm barely 6 feet 2 inches. I just had my teeth fixed because I'm a grinder. "

" Depression is a physical illness. "

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

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

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

" I can't run anymore. That's the one thing I loved doing. And I can't play golf hardly at all because of wrist and back pain. "

" When I started as a color man in the booth with CBS, I would make footballs out of a roll of toilet paper. "

" I wasn't that close to any of my teammates. I didn't find anyone to become a best friend. We don't stay in touch. They're all over the country, but I do not want to stay in touch. "

" I really started to forget things. That's why I quit reciting statistics: because I couldn't remember them exactly, and I stayed away from mentioning some players by name because I really wasn't sure, and I didn't want to make a mistake. "

" I found out that superstars Winkler and William Shatner are real people, and I was so thankful for that. "

" I would start with the most important thing a quarterback has to be: poised. If you panic in that pocket, you are no good. I don't care what else is there; you have to be poised. "