“I think that if I was only known for who I was as a football player an...” — Ryan Leaf Quote

“I think that if I was only known for who I was as a football player and only that, it just would have been a tragedy.”

“When playing football became a job, it lost its luster for me.”

“How can I go from this poor college kid one day and the next day get a check for $7 million. How's that going to affect me?”

“You don't have to sell the fact that a football player has toughness.”

“I think every child in my town wants to be a football player.”

“My dad's an old football player.”