Quotes from Steve Largent

Any kid who grew up with an alcoholic parent will tell you how nauseating it feels never to know what it will be like when you come home.

A child can escape the shadows.

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 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.

I'm not bragging, but just going Sunday to Sunday, it will be a real rare game when I don't catch a pass.

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

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

I needed somebody to love me, and the people that I chose were my coaches. I would sacrifice my body to be successful for my coaches because I wanted them to love me, to respect me, to have positive feelings about me.

No culture that has ever embraced homosexuality has survived.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

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

We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them.

What you see happening right now with some of the consolidation is all about more spectrum and capital formation that give you the scale, scope and resources to invest in that 3G world.

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

I don't have the fire in the belly right now. It's one of those been there, done that deals.

These companies know that at their current size they're not going to be big enough to have the necessary capital, and they don't have enough spectrum to get to the third generation.

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

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.

I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.

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.

People are very protective of their cell phones, how it's used, where it's used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country.

It sure made me feel good to be here today, and have so many people say so many kind things.

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