A biography for Chris Longhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.”
“In my training in the summer, back in the day, I used just go, go, go! I wouldn't take any days off, I would do whatever I wanted, as much as I wanted of it.”
“I wouldn't be anywhere close to where I am today without my pops. I think a lot of a football player's makeup is mental, and I've been blessed to have someone to learn from. Not just from a technical standpoint, but everything he taught me about being a hard worker, a teammate and just being a football player.”
“It wasn't like I loved football from 12 on. It took time.”
“I think the one commonality between the two Super Bowl teams I've been on is great, great teammates. I can honestly say that guys in Philly could definitely thrive in New England and vice versa - if you throw out the scheme differences.”
“Educational equity was my way of giving my salary. It's not $10 million or anything. I'm not going to act like I'm the first guy to donate $1 million to something, but it has been good.”
“I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.”
“I'm open for whatever any team asks me to do.”
“I do have great memories from when my pops got inducted. Obviously, knowing him and knowing how hard he worked in pro football for so long and what he sacrificed, the physical side of it, the injuries, and the grinding and now eight years into the NFL you know what hard work that is.”
“I think a lot of times with football players, we're just head down, grinding away, maybe not enjoying it as much as we should.”
“I think of myself as a complete person, not just a football player and athlete.”
“Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please.”
“Everyone fears change. But what you'll find is that change breeds your most important accomplishments.”
“Any football player will tell you that in July you get this dark cloud over you if you know camp's coming.”
“At 33 years old, I think any player my age should take time to take inventory and see what their situation is and see how the body feels.”
“I've noticed that right tackles have gotten better in pass pro throughout my career.”
“There was a time when I was injured and playing really bad and cut, rightfully so, that I wasn't sure what my future in football was.”
“I'm very proud of my dad. To me, there are comparisons, but there aren't comparisons. We kind of play two different positions. He's a Hall of Famer, I'm not a Hall of Famer.”
“I want to squeeze every drop out of my potential as far as affecting the world around me.”