Life Quotes Quote by Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“My grandmother said, ‘It doesn’t really matter where you had to go, where you got the ring, or where you played the Super Bowl, all that matters is that you put in the work, you deserved it, and you earned it.”

“Making it to the Super Bowl is something few and far between. Many football players never get the opportunity to make it that far.”

“If you want to be great, you have to be a leader. You’ve got to listen to me, son. That’s what we brought you here to do, to be a leader. And you can do it.”

“I stood up to go shake hands with him and I don’t remember anything else. What I do recall is the crowd yelling and me crying, while everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.”

“We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.”

“Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.”

“I look out into the water and up deep into the stars. I beg the sparkling lanterns of light to cure me of myself — my past and the kaleidoscope of mistakes, failures and wrong turns that have stacked unbearable regret upon my shoulders.”

“What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else's opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people's opinions control you.”

“It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.”