I've always said I'm going to get married only once.
After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.
I don't think that I've ever been a backup.
Times have changed. The athletes have changed.
I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.
It feels bad to feel like you're not wanted.
I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.
I can't compare family to athletics.
None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for.
I'm always gonna be Joe Namath, and I'm not running from that.
I took my time to find the perfect girl.
It feels good to show some courage.
Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.
I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.
I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.
I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.
Football is a team game. So is life.
I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling.
I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.
There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.
I am a football fan, yeah.
I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.
I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.
Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college and I guess I agreed with them or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.
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