A biography for Mark Schlerethhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a pretentious coffee snob, and I love Starbucks. Gotta have my skim latte.”
“And dreams are not granted or given - they come with a price. No matter what your goal, you're bound to face adversity, and it's during that adversity, when you find out what your made of.”
“Special teams get the shaft when most people talk football. Unless a kicker's bombing a game-winner or a return man is going the distance, that important third of the game is all but forgotten.”
“NFL players are pros, and they're proud of the work they do.”
“I know Adam Gase and I know Adam well. He understands the value of protection. He understands the value of being able to run the football.”
“But size isn't everything - effort and intensity is, especially in the fourth quarter.”
“When I came out of college, I wasn't much of a weight room juggernaut. I was drafted in the 10th round out of the University of Idaho after literally begging teams to work me out.”
“Around the holidays, reach out to people you don't get to see to let them know you're thinking about them.”
“As I traveled around the league for FOX and called games, really good coaches know how to exploit the weakness of an opponent.”
“If you want a piece of my time, the work I've put in has earned me the right to get paid for the work I'm being asked to do.”
“A successful team, in sports or business, extends from the top of management down to the guys at the bottom of the roster or organizational chart.”
“When I was a player, I would always go out of my way to make my older daughter's lunches before I left in the morning.”
“I've had a lifelong love affair with football. I was fortunate to be able to live out my childhood dreams. To play a game for a living and now cover the game I love and support my family, it's a dream come true.”
“I've always admired guys who can go hard from the opening series, right through crunch time. It tells me they probably work hard all year long, building strength and endurance.”
“I do my own yardwork. I'm still active. I work out, I do everything. Like I said, it's weird because that's what I know. That's normal to me. Being in pain is normal to me.”
“Besides my work doing NFL analysis and commentary for ESPN, I'm also involved in trying to get new products launched, and I have relationships with other companies to try to get things off the ground.”
“My favorite players in January aren't those living the charmed playoff life, but the guys who can get up when they're knocked down, who forget the last mistake so they can make the next big play.”
“Was I afraid before every game I played? Did I throw up before kickoff? You bet. But I didn't let that fear cripple me and keep me in the locker room.”
“I know I have a gigantic sweet tooth. I love candy, I love ice cream, I love anything sweet.”
“There's a lot of power in handwriting a note, and business travelers have a ton of time to do that when they're sitting in airports or on flights.”