A biography for Jason Taylorhasn’t been written yet.
“If it wasn't for Zach Thomas, I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame.”
“As a watch enthusiast and collector, I am excited to be partnering with Invicta on the development and launch of my collection of watches.”
“There are a lot people that, like I said, made me who I am.”
“When your quarterback is so afraid to make a mistake or so afraid to throw a pass because there's a chance it could get intercepted or a chance it could be incomplete, when you're so afraid to make that mistake, you don't give yourself a chance to have success.”
“My father wasn't in the picture. I never met him. But mom kept us together.”
“If you talk to anybody, not only in sports... no one likes to be micromanaged.”
“If you're not trying to improve and get better everyday then you're losing ground, so I like Nike's approach.”
“I've never been more prepared playing than when playing for people like Nick Saban, Rex Ryan and Dan Quinn. They're amazing.”
“When you say Miami, you think of Dan Marino.”
“My bust is going to be in Canton, but Sam Madison, Dan Marino, Patrick Surtain, Zach Thomas, Richmond Webb... they're all a piece of that bust as well.”
“You can be in the wrong gap, have the wrong hands down, take a wrong step, but one thing a coach can't coach is effort.”
“Me on the 'Jay Leno Show?' I'd have never thought.”
“Great players are obsessive.”
“I had to learn that to play at 240 pounds in the NFL.”
“You want to be successful in anything you do in life. Well, I want to be successful in anything I do in life.”
“I mean, when you sign up to play a game like football, you have to deal with certain things and a certain level of being uncomfortable and a certain level of pain.”
“Well, call me biased, but Nike has the best product out there.”
“I'm a really lazy poker player.”
“I made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But all I want in this world is for my kids to say, 'He was a Hall of Fame dad.'”
“Every day I have something to prove.”