Warren Moon Quotes

• Sportsmanship is making sure you have respect for the guy you're playing across from.

  Warren Moon

  Guy, Sportsmanship

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• Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L.

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  Mother, Growing Up, Winning

  Warren Moon (2009). “Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey”, p.108, Da Capo Press

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• My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

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  Football, Opportunity, Legacy

  "Former NFL quarterback Warren Moon helping students give back to the community". Interview with Andrea Domanick, lasvegassun.com. June 23, 2012.

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• Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.

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  Team, Responsibility, Race

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• It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.

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  Football, Passion, Winning

  Warren Moon (2009). “Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey”, p.109, Da Capo Press

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• I was always geared towards either wanting to finish number one or be number one as far as the best player that I could be, or be the best player at my position in the league. I wanted that to be a constant reminder to my teammates that they looked to their leader who is wearing that number, this is what you should strive for as well.

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  Player, Numbers, League

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• Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.

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  Football, Athlete, Player

  "Sorry, Charles, but NBA stars couldn't cut it". Interview with Mike Sando, www.espn.com. May 29, 2013.

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• In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.

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  Sports, Football, Team

  IGN Interview, www.ign.com. August 4, 2006.

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• To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.

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  Mean, Feelings, Prime

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• I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist.

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  Sports, Football, Successful

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• I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

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  Basketball, Player, Size

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• Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.

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  Quarterback, Whole Life, Position

  "Sorry, Charles, but NBA stars couldn't cut it". Interview with Mike Sando, www.espn.com. May 29, 2013.

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• Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.

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  Sports, Kids, Looks

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• Basketball players want contact to get a foul called. Slaps on the wrist and bumps on the shoulder are big time to them, and they don't like that. In football, you get that all the time. The whole mental makeup is different.

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  Basketball, Football, Makeup

  "Sorry, Charles, but NBA stars couldn't cut it". Interview with Mike Sando, www.espn.com. May 29, 2013.

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• That was probably one of the things that if I look back at my career and say what is something I would try and do a little bit differently, I’d try and be a little bit more loose playing the game. Have a little more fun doing it.

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  Fun, Careers, Games

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• I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?

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  Average, Stink, Bowlers

  "Former NFL quarterback Warren Moon helping students give back to the community". Interview with Andrea Domanick, lasvegassun.com. June 23, 2012.

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