Michael Strahan

If 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.

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!

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.

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.

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.'

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.

I'm not perfect; I've never professed to be, and I don't want to be. How much fun is that?

I believe in my kids 100 percent. When you have confidence in them, they have confidence in themselves.

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.

When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I'm bashful.

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.

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.

My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?'

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tom Coughlin is great with the players and he is what you see with the media. He's a good guy and he's a fun guy, but at the same time he's a serious guy when it comes to winning and it comes to football.

As the game gets bigger for the fans it gets bigger for the players.

I'm not an adulterer. I'm not gay.