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Michael Strahan Quotes

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.

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

As an athlete, you’re brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you’re going to start a meal, you’re going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, ‘I eat until I’m full and leave the rest.’

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep!

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

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!’

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

As the game gets bigger for the fans it gets bigger for the players.

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

That’s one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football’s on!

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

My brothers used to call me Bob. They’d laugh at me, and I didn’t get it. I’m 13 years old at the time, and then one day my brother’s friend says, ‘You know what Bob stands for? ‘Booty on back.’ You’re fat.’ Like my butt was so big I could reach for my wallet over my shoulder. And I broke down.

– Michael Strahan

Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

Even though I’m not with their mother, it’s important for my kids to see adults in a committed and happy relationship. They need to see a strong relationship. You don’t have to settle.

– Michael Strahan

I hate leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all the leg exercises. I know they help me, and I’m able to move around and don’t have knee problems, and my hip doesn’t hurt anymore, but when my trainer tells me I have to do them, I almost feel like my body goes into convulsions.

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

By the time I left college, I had won every award you could win – I was Mr. Man! Then I got drafted by the Giants, and you step in that locker room, and you feel inferior in every way. You just have to stick around long enough to give yourself the opportunity to build your confidence.

– Michael Strahan

My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

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.

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

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

– Michael Strahan

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