A biography for Richard Shermanhasn’t been written yet.
“There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.”
“I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.”
“My school almost lost its accreditation. If that had happened, my diploma wouldn't have been worth anything.”
“My teammates would never say anything bad about me, even if they thought it. That's the kind of locker room we have.”
“You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.”
“To be painted a villain, you have to do something, I guess, evil or something heinous, and I don't know if I fit that description.”
“I'm the best corner in the game!”
“I saw a hockey game where they threw the puck aside and just started fighting. I saw that, and I'm like, 'So I'm the thug?'”
“I talk a big game because I carry a big stick.”
“The past is what the past is.”
“I know some 'thugs,' and they know I'm the furthest thing from a thug. I've fought that my whole life, just coming from where I'm coming from.”
“We've seen a lot of average college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into terrible NFL players.”
“I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.”
“On the football field, you're still going out to there to win. And if you're not going out there to win, what are you going out there for?”
“A lot of people are like, 'Don't read your news clippings.' I read them every day. Anything negative somebody said about me, I find it and use it as fuel.”
“There's always been adversity, wherever I've gone.”
“I like to play video games and read.”
“I'm a pragmatist.”
“Luckily, I was blessed to go to Stanford and a school that was primarily focused on academics, so it was a blessing.”