Deion Sanders

"Self-belief is a core quality for those aspiring to take on management roles. Leading others starts with leading yourself and having unwavering confidence in your vision and abilities."

- Deion Sanders

"If your dream ain't bigger than you, there's a problem with your dream."

- Deion Sanders

"I will not answer any questions unless you address me, 'Coach Prime.'"

- Deion Sanders

"If you look good, you feel good, If you feel good, you play good, If you play good, they pay good."

- Deion Sanders

"If your dream ain’t bigger than you, there’s a problem with your dream."

- Deion Sanders

"People say there’s no ‘I’ in team. Well, there’s not. But there’s an ‘I’ in win."

- Deion Sanders

"Look good, play good. Play good, eat good. Eat good, die good."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"Time is a wonderful storyteller."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"If you don’t believe in yourself how will somebody else believe in you?"

- Deion Sanders

"I never wear the same shoes twice."

- Deion Sanders

"I would do this for free as long as you’re doing it for free."

- Deion Sanders

"I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn’t been done. I expect to provoke change."

- Deion Sanders

"Whenever you make a promise, you have a responsibility to that promise."

- Deion Sanders

"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, get the job done. Don’t quit. It is a three-year formula, 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"

- Deion Sanders

"Athletes know kids look up to them, and it’s important for athletes to be responsible."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"I’m married to football, baseball is my girlfriend."

- Deion Sanders

"Sure we’re in limos. We’re stars. How else is a star supposed to travel?"

- Deion Sanders

"Confidence is my natural odor."

- Deion Sanders

"We’re going to score. And when we score, we’re going to celebrate."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"I didn’t say bought in. I never used the word bought because they would think like we’re selling something. They believe. They believe."

- Deion Sanders

"What separates us (Hall of Fame players) is that we expect to be great."

- Deion Sanders

"I always wanted to make sure my parents didn’t have to work again for the rest of their lives."

- Deion Sanders

"When we have the public success we also have private struggles."

- Deion Sanders

"Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the masters of finding something that you didn’t suspect."

- Deion Sanders

"Don’t dismiss the fact that we’re always recruiting. So when those high school kids that are on recruiting trips see this kind of stuff, it’s… One of the big fellas just said, ‘Hey man it’s different. This is straight-up different here.’"

- Deion Sanders

"You’re a few steps away from getting it and you’re losing focus. Not now; this ain’t the time."

- Deion Sanders

"You can’t win alone, so find someone who’s a winner and team up, but be a great teammate."

- Deion Sanders

"How you dominate today will determine your tomorrow."

- Deion Sanders

"The pity party is over. Now let’s go."

- Deion Sanders

"One thing about being confident is being consistent."

- Deion Sanders

"You can’t expect great success without encountering great challenges."

- Deion Sanders

"Stop saving yourself and give life your all."

- Deion Sanders

"If you chase greatness, the money is gonna come."

- Deion Sanders

"If we change what we give in life, we will ultimately change what we get in life."

- Deion Sanders

"Don’t allow a want to cause you to forfeit what you already have."

- Deion Sanders

"Prepare for success now."

- Deion Sanders

"For every test, there’s answers for it that develop a testimony."

- Deion Sanders

"You have the autonomy to restart things."

- Deion Sanders

"Don’t know what you’ve got going on or what you’re going through in your life. I know it’s something. It’s always something. But you’ve got to promise me that you’ll keep pushing, keep moving, and never give up. We’re all going through something. The key is to have faith and keep on going!"

- Deion Sanders

"What is a win? It depends on the circumstances. Sometimes when I’m in my office, the custodian comes by to do her thing. I thank her for her work, sometimes giving her a hug or a high five. I tell her how much she means to this program. I tell her what a great job she does. I want her to know that the work she does counts. That she makes a difference. I feel that in this moment God is using me to validate her. And that’s a win. A huge one."

- Deion Sanders

"Keep Going. No matter what, you keep moving. I know you’ve heard this before, but life is not a sprint. It’s a marathon. We go through seasons—darkness and light, darkness and light—and we are strengthened by adversity."

- Deion Sanders

"Are you spending most of your time just worrying?"

- Deion Sanders

"You’ve got to want what you want more than what you got."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"If you look good, you feel good; if you feel good, you play good; if you play good, they pay good."

- Deion Sanders

"What separates us is that we expect to be great."

- Deion Sanders

"In every setback, there is a setup for a comeback."

- Deion Sanders

"You have to be relentless in the pursuit of your goals."

- Deion Sanders

"Winning is a habit. So is losing. Choose wisely."

- Deion Sanders

"To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when no one else does."

- Deion Sanders

"Life is too short to waste on negativity."

- Deion Sanders

"The greatest mistake you can make is being afraid to make one."

- Deion Sanders

"I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire."

- Deion Sanders

"Fishing's relaxing, man. 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."

- Deion Sanders

"I would do this for free as long as you're doing it for free."

- Deion Sanders

"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 get the job done. Don't quit. It is a three-year formula, 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"

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"I never wear the same shoe twice."

- Deion Sanders

"I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives."

- Deion Sanders

"Wives, girlfriends, fiancees - clean out your closets. I'm cleaning out my old bell bottoms. We can touch millions."

- Deion Sanders

"I felt like a deer with a hundred hunters after me."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"Don’t do anything that can cost you opportunities."

- Deion Sanders

"Don’t accept anything from anybody you don’t know because there’s a hidden cost to it."

- Deion Sanders

"Don’t take anything that is not given to you. Anything especially from a young woman."

- Deion Sanders

"Be a gentleman when it’s acceptable in the environment to be ignorant."

- Deion Sanders

"Do what you think you need to do to be great on the break."

- Deion Sanders

"If what you do doesn't bring you closer to your dream or goals why are you doing it?"

- Deion Sanders

"Everybody that’s with you ain’t necessarily with you. They’re some people that are there because of what you bring to the table because they’re hungry."

- Deion Sanders

"If you or anyone with you need a gun to go where you’re going, why are you going there?!"

- Deion Sanders

"I pray all of you make it back safely and come back with the right attitude and work habits that’s going to propel us to where we wanna go."

- Deion Sanders

"If you miss the plane, your ride, or have a problem getting back on time - there will be a severe consequence for that action. SEVERE."

- Deion Sanders

"If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play well. If you play well, they pay well."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"When we have public success we also have private struggles."

- Deion Sanders

"If I don’t fish in the morning, I fish in the evening."

- Deion Sanders

"You don’t go from a Yugo to a Benz, back to a Yugo."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"I don’t think anybody in the game over the last several years has made more plays than Richard Sherman."

- Deion Sanders

"Yes I would have been able to play for Bill Parcells."

- Deion Sanders

"I can really fish – I’ve been fishing since I was a kid."

- Deion Sanders

"Jason Witten will go down as one of the best tight ends in history."

- Deion Sanders

"Tom Brady rises up to the occasion and plays well. That is just who he is."

- Deion Sanders

"Marshawn Lynch is the heart of this team. If he’s not going, the Seahawks aren’t going."

- Deion Sanders

"Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping your team win."

- Deion Sanders

"If you don’t believe in yourself, how will somebody else believe in you?"

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders

"Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win."

- Deion Sanders

"In every setback, there is a setup for a comeback."

- Deion Sanders

"The greatest mistake you can make is being afraid to make one."

- Deion Sanders

"I don’t want to be specific on my role, because that will limit me. I want to touch all areas of the organization."

- Deion Sanders

"At this point and age in my career I’m not looking for a stage. I’m looking to teach the younger players how to be professional, how to be a man, how to be a father, how to be a friend, how to handle your finances."

- Deion Sanders

"To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when no one else does."

- Deion Sanders

"You need an escape, a getaway, something to separate your mind from what is going on. Sometimes your career is about that."

- Deion Sanders

"I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire."

- Deion Sanders

"The thrill is gone. It’s time for me to step away."

- Deion Sanders

"Success is measured by how much you impact the lives of others."

- Deion Sanders

"The difference between good and great is the extra effort you put in."

- Deion Sanders

"If you don’t believe you can win, there is no reason to play the game."

- Deion Sanders

"Water covers two-thirds of the Earth. I cover the rest."

- Deion Sanders

"Wives, girlfriends, fiancees – clean out your closets. I’m cleaning out my old bell bottoms. We can touch millions."

- Deion Sanders

"When you say I committed adultery, are you stating before the marriage of 1996 or prior to?"

- Deion Sanders

"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."

- Deion Sanders