Steve Largent

“The things that have taken place over my career have been unbelievable. I have a lot of great moments to cherish.”

“This is going to become a battle for access to your home and office plus mobility. It's about who can provide the biggest and least expensive and fastest pipe to your home and office and offer you a mobility feature.”

“People are very interested in having access to wireless data while they are on a plane.”

“People say, 'I'm for job training. We can train people to increase the likelihood that they can be self-sufficient.' Okay, that's great, you're for job training - I like job training - but do you think the federal government should have 163 different job-training programs?”

“Frequently I get asked if I'd rather have spent my career in a big city like New York or Los Angeles, where the exposure would be greater than in Seattle. My answer is no, not at all. Exposure is not important to me.”

“It's still fun to come to games, and it's still fun to be in the Seattle crowd.”

“It's hard, or you wouldn't like it. A lot of coaches really don't like what they're doing.”

“There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.”

“It brings a smile to my face every time I look in the record book and see my name with the likes of Hutson and Lance Alworth and Raymond Berry, some of the fabled receivers of the NFL. It's all like a dream to me. I can't believe it's true.”

“I always felt the gifts you need as governor were more suited for my personality. I'm a good team player, but I'm not a policy wonk. In Congress, you need 218 votes to make anything happen. When you're governor, you're the CEO of the state. You establish the vision and standards for the state. You're the leader.”

“If studies come out and show that playing football is detrimental to your health for the long term, even for the short term, I think that's up to the players then to make the decision about whether they're going to play or not play.”

“When I look back over my career, having an opportunity to compete against really good players like Lester Hayes are some of the highlights.”

“While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.”

“I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there's a place for it, that it should serve as a deterrent.”

“I never dreamed I'd be in Congress, or even in the NFL, for that matter. Well, I guess I dreamed about being in the NFL, but I didn't believe it would happen. I'm not the biggest guy. But I guess that's the story of my life.”

“Life is very good. I'm the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless trade association, the CTIA.”

“We're not in the business of shaping consumer demand. We respond to it.”

“The more studies that come out that talk about concussions and so forth, it makes me wonder. I wonder, more importantly than the stroke, the impact that concussions have had on my life, particularly as I get older.”

“It would have been a lot of fun as a receiver to play.”

“I don't think I was a year too late or a year too early in retiring. If the Seahawks had been in the playoffs a year later, I might have had some regrets.”