Richard Sherman

“I don't think college athletes are given enough time to really take advantage of the free education that they're given, and it's frustrating because a lot of people get upset with student-athletes and say, 'They're not focused on school and they're not taking advantage of the opportunity they're given.'”

“Giving a true speech, a true, passionate speech, is old-school football.”

“I don't hate anybody.”

“No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you'd like to witness history.”

“You're not on scholarship for school, and it sounds crazy when a student-athlete says that, but that's - those are the things coaches tell them every day: 'You're not on scholarship for school.'”

“I think my game measures up pretty well to myself.”

“The playoffs, everybody gets a little frustrated. You lose, your season's over.”

“You rest better coming off of a win.”

“There may be a lot of people out there who don't like me who don't even know me. But there are quite a few people who like me because they know me. I'm not a bad guy by any means. I can't do anything about people hating me for no reason.”

“To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field - don't judge a person's character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family.”

“Everybody can be who they are within the scheme of the Seahawks and what we want to do.”

“Sign language was a great experience. I have a deaf aunt that I am able to communicate with because of that class.”

“I've always been a square, a nerd. Kind of odd, kind of awkward. I still am to this day. People just think I'm a lot cooler 'cause I play football.”

“I'm not anybody's puppet.”

“I would love for a regular student to have a student-athlete's schedule during the season for just one quarter or one semester and show me how you balance that. Show me how you would schedule your classes when you can't schedule classes from 2-to-6 o'clock on any given day.”

“A lot of coaches have come up to me and liked the way I played.”

“People don't talk much about my punt returns.”

“Being physical is something I pride myself on.”

“You don't want to always put a bunch of sugar in you. Because your sugar gets high, it gets stuck in your blood, it gets stuck in your system. It makes you tired. You have the ups and downs.”

“The goal has always been to stay in Seattle and continue to play for the Seahawks.”