Shannon Sharpe Quotations

Short of them telling me there's something seriously wrong, I plan to be out there on Sunday, because I know that my teammates are counting on me to be out there,

Right now, he is 1-A in the NFL . . . there is no 1-B,

But this is the guy. Brian feels this is the guy we've got to ride with. So, we're going to ride with him.

He was brought here to do a job, and it's not getting done,

He didn't play because he was talented. He played because he cheated the system.

I'm so sick of people talking about their defense. I am so sick of it. Their defense played well. But we came here six weeks ago and beat them, and we knew we could beat them again.

We've got to do a better job protecting him and he's got to do better job protecting the football. It's a situation where we're supposed to have improved offensively.

You can't do what we did and win,

This was a no-brainer, ... When it came down to it, I said to myself, 'Hey, you can still play, you can still play at a high level and you still enjoy playing. Why not play?'

We don't score 30 points a game. We don't have a receiver who can go and get you 180 yards. We don't have a quarterback who's going to throw for 350. But I'll tell you what we do have: A team that's going to the AFC Championship Game. All them big-time offenses, you know where they're at? Home watching us.

Ditka and Chester and Ozzie, they got the opportunity to beat up on linebackers and safeties. They covered me with their No.1 cornerback. That's the kind of respect they pay Tony Gonzalez. That's the ultimate respect.

You've talked about it since 2001, and here it is 2010 and you're still talking about it.

They play football the way we did in 2000, nip and tuck, here and there, not making mistakes on offense. They just beat us on both sides of the ball. They pounded Jamal, and I think our defense was tired. We left them on the field entirely too long.

I've got a better chance of winning the Kentucky Derby on the back of a donkey than they have of winning the Super Bowl with Kyle Boller.

No matter kind of team the Chiefs have had, Mike usually figured out how to beat them here, ... I don't see tonight being any different. But they have to start running the ball.

It's nice to win a division . . . to go to and play for the AFC championship, but all that matters is when you've got those two Lombardi trophies in that lobby - that's what these guys play for. That's what it's about here. From the moment you walk into the facility, you understand that.

The Minnesota Vikings went out and get Darren Sharper, Pat Williams, Napoleon Harris and Fred Smoot, ... And they still can't stop anybody.

Can you do what you do better than they do what they do? If the Broncos can do that, they'll win. If the Steelers do that, they'll win.

I don't know if he's down, but he can't go any lower,

I'd put up with any distraction they could bring because of the upside. You can't argue with the touchdowns. I'm sure a lot of GMs would say they wouldn't want those guys because they might disrupt chemistry in the locker room. And those GMs would be lying.

This was a no-brainer, ... When it came down to it, I said to myself, Hey, you can still play, you can still play at a high level and you still enjoy playing. Why not play?

The British are coming, the British are coming! Mr. President! We need the National Guard! We need as many men as you can spare because we are killing the Patriots! So call the dogs off! Send the National Guard, please! They need emergency help! Please! Help!

Ray Lewis is the type of guy, if he were in a fight with a bear I wouldn't help him, I'd pour honey on him because he likes to fight. That's the type of guy Ray Lewis is.

Without TD, we don't win Super Bowls. That's fact.

When people told me I'd never make it, I listened to the one person who said I could: me.

Tell Ray to put the eyeliner, the lipstick and the high heels away. I'm not saying he's a cross-dresser, that's just what I heard.

I won't talk about someone's mother. I won't talk about their girlfriend or their wife, but if you have a deformity, I would talk about that.