A biography for Jason Wittenhasn’t been written yet.
“I have so much respect for this game and the process that goes into playing at a high level.”
“My brother one time after a little league basketball game, I think he messed up or something had happened in the game, ends up getting in an argument with my dad. Ultimately he gets pushed down and he ends up cutting the back of his head. He had six or seven stitches over a 10-year-old basketball game. That was tough to watch.”
“Being a fan of the game, you always look up to those types of guys that really have given you an opportunity.”
“As a kid, you just want to play football. For me one day it will end, but until the end I love getting the opportunity to go out there and play at a high level.”
“A big part of me has been tied to coaching and I want to get into coaching and make a difference that way.”
“There's an old saying in football - the circus doesn't stay in town forever. The older you get, the more you realize there's a deeper meaning. It's better to leave 3 hours too soon than a minute too late.”
“The mental focus it takes to compete against the best players in the world is not easy to maintain. Developing mental toughness is a learned trait, and if you can't develop it in your pursuit of success, you likely won't last in any competitive line of work for more than a cup of coffee.”
“My job is to be able to perform for three hours or three and a half hours every Sunday and I've got to work my tail off to get to the point where I can do it, and that's what motivates me.”
“I really think for any tight end around my age, Shannon Sharpe was the guy you looked to in Denver, him and Elway and what they were able to achieve.”
“Those heartaches, those cries in your life that you go through, I thought that every kid goes through them. I knew I didn't have much, but I didn't know there was another side out there. I thought one present for Christmas was the way it is.”
“Fortunately for me, my grandfather gave us a life I could never dream of. He was my high school football coach, my best friend, my school teacher - really my dad.”
“That's what a team does is stay together.”
“A lot of guys I've seen in my career that played at a high level and were done, they moved on, never thought another day about it.”
“I have a lot of respect for every opponent. I don't know if there's just one who I say, 'that guy intimidates me.' When I was young and first came into the league, Ray Lewis was that guy. I was young.”
“You try to make the decisions that you think are best in realtime.”
“There's something to be said with your quarterback your leader being there on Day 1.”
“Every time an older player gets toward the end of their career, they're always talking about 'I feel better now than I did 10 years ago.'”
“Yeah, I probably talk a little bit of trash.”
“The great ones hate to lose more than they love to win.”
“I am extremely flattered to be chosen the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year from such an esteemed group of nominees.”