Quotes from Richard Sherman

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

It's an awesome feeling being a father, because you never think you can fall in love with something so quickly. It was almost immediate.

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

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.

He did look like the Monopoly man, but it was smooth. I thought he was going to pull a monocle out. That would have been awesome. And did you see the pocket watch? That was incredible.

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.

Luckily, I was blessed to go to Stanford and a school that was primarily focused on academics, so it was a blessing.

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.

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.

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.'

If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

I talk a big game because I carry a big stick.

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.

There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.

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.

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.

Education is fundamental to any success. That's your baseboard.