Quotes from Richard Sherman

I think my game measures up pretty well to myself.

People don't talk much about my punt returns.

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

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

You think, "Aw man, I would never want somebody else's poop on my hand," but when it's your child, "Oh, it's not that bad, I'll just wash it off."

I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go.

There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on the right track. And there are a ton of things that only my father could have taught me.

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

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.'

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

I'm the best corner in the game!

I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.

If I don't have the books to read, if I don't have the information to study, how can I succeed? That's a lot of the stuff I would focus on if I was elected because I think knowledge is power.

My teammates would never say anything bad about me, even if they thought it. That's the kind of locker room we have.

There's always been adversity, wherever I've gone.

Being physical is something I pride myself on.

My school almost lost its accreditation. If that had happened, my diploma wouldn't have been worth anything.

I'm not anybody's puppet.

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?

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

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 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.

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.

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.