Deion Sanders is a famous American football player and coach.
Deion Sanders represented five teams as a player and four as a coach in the NFL league. He also pursued his career as a baseball player.
As a player, he represented five teams on the playing field for about 14 seasons. It includes the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Baltimore Ravens.
Deion Sanders won the Super Bowl titles twice. He was a coach of the Prime Prep Academy and Triple A Academy. Later, Trinity Christian School appointed Deion as an Offensive Coordinator.
After that, the Jackson State Tigers Football team appointed him as their head coach. The contract ended in 2022.
Recently, he signed a contract for Colorado Buffaloes football team. Deion Sanders will represent them as a head coach from 2023. Sanders represented the New York Yankees in the MLB league.
He received two Hall of Fame recognitions, which included the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. Read some interesting quotes by Deion Sanders, who has left an unforgettable mark in the NFL history.
Inspirational Deion Sanders Quotes
Deion Sanders has left an impressive legacy in the world of sports. He is often referred to as Coach Prime or Prime Time. Here are some inspirational quotes from this world-class NFL league player and coach.
"I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn't been done. I expect to provoke change."
"If you don't believe in yourself, how will somebody else believe in you?"
"I don't care what they say about me when I'm through with sports. I don't want to be known as anything else in life but a great father."
"I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives."
"I never wear the same shoe twice."
"Nobody could have been doing what I've been doing at home for the past two months… I'm in great condition and in great shape. I feel wonderful."
"You've got to want what you want more than what you got."
"Through unity, we can touch thousands. This is our backyard. We feel this."
"I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm good once as I've ever been."
"You need an escape, a getaway, something to separate your mind from what is going on. Sometimes your career is about that."
Funny Deion Sanders Quotes
The pro football hall of fame, Deion Sanders has a sarcastic personality. There is a list of funny Deion sanders quotes.
"I'm married to football; baseball is my girlfriend."
"Water covers two-thirds of the Earth. I cover the rest."
"I was kinda scared. I thought Detroit was gonna take me. I would've asked them for so much money they would have to put me on layaway."
"When you say I committed adultery, are you stating before the marriage of 1996 or prior to?"
"It's gonna be a lot of zeroes in that contract. You gonna think it's alphabet soup or something, all those zeroes in there."
"Fishing's relaxing, man. The most relaxing thing in my life. It's therapy for me. I don't think about business... sports. All I think about is catching the next fish."
"I think he supersedes Peyton Manning, but let's not throw Tom Brady in the category with Joe Montana, who was 4-for-4. He's royalty."
"Wives, girlfriends, fiancees - clean out your closets. I'm cleaning out my old bell bottoms. We can touch millions."
"I felt like a deer with a hundred hunters after me."
"I can really fish - I've been fishing since I was a kid."
"If I don't fish in the morning, I fish in the evening."
"Bill Belichick is the best professional football coach I think ever lived. I'm upset that I played for a plethora of teams and never got an opportunity to play for Bill Belichick."
"Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the masters of finding something that you didn't suspect."
"Russell [Wilson] plays really well in the pocket [and] outside the pocket. He's just a play waiting to happen."
"Sure, we're in limos. We're stars. How else is a star supposed to travel?"
Motivational Deion Sanders Quotes
Deion is an inspirational athlete for other football players in the league. Here's a list of his motivational quotes.
"The problem I have with Bill Parcells is him quitting. I don't like guys quitting. If you sign up for something, finish the job and get the job done.
Don't quit. It is a three-year formula, and he goes in, gets his three years, and then he quits and walks out of there with a bucket full of money. I don't like that part of it."
"Time is a wonderful storyteller."
"There's no class to manage people. There's no class to teach on how to handle millions. There's no class to teach us how to manage time."
"Whenever you have to come to my house and convince me to leave my home and play football, deep down in my heart, I really don't want to play, but I really don't want to let you down."
"If I don't like what I see, I may just have to go down there and play. You never know when I might put on a uniform."
"You don't go from a Yugo to a Benz, back to a Yugo."
"Yes, I would have been able to play for Bill Parcells."
"I don't know the definition of a star, but whoever has that title, I think it goes beyond what they do on the field."
"You just know that without music, P. Diddy would still be something. Muhammad Ali was the same way. Boxing was just a platform.
He would have been great in politics or something else. Your performance has to be there, but you've also got to be able to reach people and bring them to where you are. To make them feel you."
"Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win."
"Right now, I've got to gauge my body. You know, two a days are pretty tough on me professionally and athletically. I don't feel fatigued or sore. I just want to make sure we don't get to that point."
"Your mind is everything. All the mess causes you stress starts in your head. If you're weak, it starts in your head. If you are strong, it starts in your head. You make a decision today to be what you wanna be".
"I look at this as a challenge. I think all men thrive on a challenge. I love arena football. It's exciting."
Famous Deion Sanders Quotes
Sanders has received two Hall of Fame recognitions in his name. Here are some famous quotes stated by the NFL league athlete.
"If you look good, you feel good; if you feel good, you play good; if you play good, they pay good."
"If your dream ain't bigger than you, there's a problem with your dream."
"What separates us is that we expect to be great."
"Whenever you make a promise, you have a responsibility to that promise."
"When we have public success, we also have private struggles."
"I got my dog back, in African-American language; your dog means your passion, your fire."
"I thought I came back to win a Super bowl. But I found out in the middle of last season that's not what I came back for. I came back for these men inside the locker room. It wasn't about playing with those guys; it was about allowing those guys to see the man behind the persona."
"Next to the Bible, my favorite book was 'The Little Engine That Could'. I read that story so many times I know it by heart. ... That's what I modeled my career after. It sounds arrogant, it sounds brash, it sounds cocky, but it was real."
"Tom Brady rises up to the occasion and plays well. That is just who he is."
"I would do this for free as long as you're doing it for free."
"The recent devastation of Hurricane Katrina in the aftermath of her wrath, there has been a loss of life, property, finances, homelessness, and a multitude of atrocities. The people affected by this disaster are astronomical."
"I don't think anybody in the game over the last several years has made more plays than Richard Sherman."
"There is no way a guy can have that much ability and that kind of instinct, vision, and burst, and he shouldn't be playing."
