Top 35 Michael Strahan Quotes

I grew up mostly in Germany, but my favorite summer trip was driving from North Carolina to Texas in a camper with my parents and us six kids.

This acting‘s serious! And I really respect those actors. It’s a tough business to be able to be something you‘re not and be natural and convince people on camera.

I definitely believe in marriage.

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.

Tom Coughlin is great with the players and he is what you see with the media. He’s a good guy and he’s a fun guy, but at the same time he’s a serious guy when it comes to winning and it comes to football.

My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn’t see me play, go, ‘Oh, he used to play football?’

Growing up, we had 30, 40, 50 people coming through the house some Thanksgivings. Sometimes there was a kids’ table; other times, the plate was just sitting on your lap. You get in where you fit in at that house.

I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl.

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.

People are always warning me that I’m going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that. Opposite shows, opposite coasts, opposite demographics, opposite everything – I love it, man!

I love being the person my kids depend on to learn. Everything they learn, for the most part, comes from you – how they treat people, how they look at the world, how they process things. I love being that example for them, just like my parents were for me.

I have the biggest sweet tooth! You name it, I will eat it. My all-time favorite is my mother‘s butter cake. Every time I go home, my mom will already have the cake made because I love it so much. This makes my siblings mad because they think she favors me. I don’t care because she probably does!

German women love American men. That’s why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany – and never come back.

We’re our own worst enemy. You doubt yourself more than anybody else ever will. If you can get past that, you can be successful.

When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I’m bashful.

We’re sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football’s football.

I’m an excellent dancer. I keep up with whatever‘s hot. I’ve been break-dancing and pop-locking since back in the day.

Camp is always all business.

I grill all the time – burgers, ribs, chicken, steak, and fish.

The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish, and that’s something I picked up from home.

You know, you want to win and you want a ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.

My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I’d go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I’m now resigned to the fact that this won‘t happen.

I don’t do anything I don’t want to do. There are so many opportunities that come my way, but if there’s something out there that I don’t want to do, I truly don’t do it, because I have to maximize my time. If there’s truly an opportunity to be quiet and be by myself, I do it.

I believe in my kids 100 percent. When you have confidence in them, they have confidence in themselves.

Tim Lewis is great, he’s a great coordinator.

No matter how loud the stadium is, once you’re on that field and that offense walks up to the line, it’s silent. You can only hear the guys on the field. It’s amazing how much concentration you can have when it’s required and how powerful your mind is to give it to you.

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.

Well, I’ve been a fan of videogames all my life.

I’ve always been the locker-room jokester, the fun guy, the guy who keeps it loose and easy. But also, on Sundays, the guy in that huddle jumping up and down, telling guys, ‘Hey, get it going. Let’s go.’ Firing everybody up. So I’m part relaxation therapist and part Red Bull.

At first, I didn’t know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

If you’re not the one cooking, stay out of the way and compliment the chef.

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.

Even though the weight I’m lifting isn’t what it was when I was playing, it’s not like I’m not lifting weights that are heavier than the common person would lift. I think a lot of people look at that and say, ‘Whoa!’

I’m not perfect; I’ve never professed to be, and I don’t want to be. How much fun is that?