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Michael Strahan
1971 • American • Athlete
60
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Showing 60 quotesIf your kids see what you eat, they will probably eat it, too. I'm not going to use the old-school policy of what my mother did and say to my kids, 'Well, if you are hungry enough, you will eat what I put on the table!' I think my kids have an understanding that if they see what their parents do, they should follow, too.— Michael Strahan
I have the biggest sweet tooth! You name it, I will eat it. My all-time favorite is my mother's butter cake. Every time I go home, my mom will already have the cake made because I love it so much. This makes my siblings mad because they think she favors me. I don't care because she probably does!— Michael Strahan
They don't tell you how to be on TV - they put the camera on you, and they turn it on, and you sink or swim.— Michael Strahan
I grew up mostly in Germany, but my favorite summer trip was driving from North Carolina to Texas in a camper with my parents and us six kids.— Michael Strahan
As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal, you're going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, 'I eat until I'm full and leave the rest.'— Michael Strahan
I love being the person my kids depend on to learn. Everything they learn, for the most part, comes from you - how they treat people, how they look at the world, how they process things. I love being that example for them, just like my parents were for me.— Michael Strahan
I'm not perfect; I've never professed to be, and I don't want to be. How much fun is that?— Michael Strahan
I believe in my kids 100 percent. When you have confidence in them, they have confidence in themselves.— Michael Strahan
The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish, and that's something I picked up from home.— Michael Strahan
You know, you want to win and you want a ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.— Michael Strahan
You've got to be very conscious of what people see. If I saw somebody every day, I would get sick of them. Most guys think, 'If I can get on TV every day and give that quote, I'm going to be golden.' It's not about that. It's about showing people you can be yourself.— Michael Strahan
My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?'— Michael Strahan
Memorizing a playbook is like memorizing a script. When they change the script at the last minute it's like changing a play in a game.— Michael Strahan
This acting's serious! And I really respect those actors. It's a tough business to be able to be something you're not and be natural and convince people on camera.— Michael Strahan
No matter how loud the stadium is, once you're on that field and that offense walks up to the line, it's silent. You can only hear the guys on the field. It's amazing how much concentration you can have when it's required and how powerful your mind is to give it to you.— Michael Strahan
The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation.— Michael Strahan