Tony Dorsett Quotes & Sayings

“To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.”

“I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.”

“I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.”

“The Rooneys are very classy. They're very deliberate with their decision-making. Once you're part of that family, Steeler nation, they treat you with respect. You don't have a lot of rambunctious players running around.”

“Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.”

“You hope in this life that you grow and don't always repeat your mistakes.”

“Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.”

“I've always been a person afraid of the dark. I was taught that when you have complete darkness, that's when spirits walk. In our house when I was growing up, all the doors were always cracked a little bit at night so you could get light into the room.”

“People need to pay attention to their bodies and go get a checkup. If you do that, you have a chance to help illnesses from getting even worse.”

“All a lot of women see are dollar signs.”