“I've dealt every day of my life with my dad's career, the comparisons ...” — Chris Long Quote

“I've dealt every day of my life with my dad's career, the comparisons to him, with people wanting me to live up to him. I just put that stuff out of my head, I don't even hear it after awhile - I just turn my ears off.”

“Any football player will tell you that in July you get this dark cloud over you if you know camp's coming.”

“Everyone fears change. But what you'll find is that change breeds your most important accomplishments.”

“My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.”

“No one saw me cry over my dad's death for almost nine years. I hid what I felt, bottling up my emotions so tightly that almost nothing leaked out.”

“My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me.”