Quotes from Charles Woodson

When I talk about the early years in Oakland, I don't want to take anything away from who that player was, because that player was still a heck of a player, that player was just young. I played off the field the same way that I played on the field.

Whenever you play the game, you just want the game to be on the up and up. You don't want to ever lose a game because you felt like it was stolen from you.

When you have a guy that each week you can change up your game plan a little bit depending on what an offense does - you can put him at nickel, you can put him at linebacker position, Will or Sam or whatever they have him doing, he can create a matchup that the offense is not ready for.

Because my brother liked Michigan, I liked Michigan, and by the nature of that, I didn't like Ohio State.

Playing for the Wolverines, you have to prepare each and every day to beat Ohio State. If you do that, you're going to win a fair share of your games.

Nobody can determine what your life means or how much your valued. You are your value.

I'm a firm believer in that you've got to strike the iron when it's hot.

I've got that aggressive, winning attitude.

I think as long as you're authentic, people will relate to that.

When you're a player, there is almost automatically a respect you have for a person that has been in that fight, who knows what it's all about.

In 10th grade, I started playing defense. Mainly because we already had a great tailback. Once I started playing it, it just started growing on me. I liked it a lot.

I couldn't believe it. That was the first time I had ever seen somebody celebrate for a whole 40-second clock. That was ridiculous.