3 December 2020 Junior Seau In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can’t just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau I’m not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you’ll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain’t going to happen.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we’re going to have a quarterback that’s going to be reckoned with in the near future. And that’s not political.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn’t have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau I’m afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau Leadership can’t be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can’t fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn’t from school, it was the ‘hood. The influences of the ‘hood are very powerful.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau The Super Bowl is a game. Life is for real. What I went through helped me get to where I am today. I won’t forget. I can’t forget. Because a man who forgets his past sometimes loses his soul and forgets where to go in the future.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau Too many athletes are living in a tiny window. They have no vision for themselves – what they can be outside of football and what they can mean to a community. They just don’t know any better. My hopes and dreams are unlimited.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.
