"How you dominate today will determine your tomorrow."
- Deion Sanders
Motivation
"If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play well. If you play well, they pay well."
- Deion Sanders
Motivation
"One thing about being confident is being consistent."
- Deion Sanders
Self-confidence
"You can’t expect great success without encountering great challenges."
- Deion Sanders
Adversity
"Stop saving yourself and give life your all."
- Deion Sanders
Motivation
"If you don’t believe in yourself how will somebody else believe in you?"
- Deion Sanders
Belief in Self
"To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when no one else does."
- Deion Sanders
Belief in Self
"The difference between good and great is the extra effort you put in."
- Deion Sanders
Hard Work
"If you don’t believe you can win, there is no reason to play the game."
- Deion Sanders
Belief in Self
"You’re a few steps away from getting it and you’re losing focus. Not now; this ain’t the time."
- Deion Sanders
Focus
"You can’t win alone, so find someone who’s a winner and team up, but be a great teammate."
- Deion Sanders
Teamwork
"I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn’t been done. I expect to provoke change."
- Deion Sanders
Ambition
"If you look good, you feel good; if you feel good, you play good; if you play good, they pay good."
- Deion Sanders
Motivation
"You have to be relentless in the pursuit of your goals."
- Deion Sanders
Determination
"If you don’t believe in yourself, how will somebody else believe in you?"
- Deion Sanders
Belief in Self
"In every setback, there is a setup for a comeback."
- Deion Sanders
Resilience
"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
Perseverance
"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
Perseverance
"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
Self-awareness
"If your dream ain’t bigger than you, there’s a problem with your dream."
- Deion Sanders
Aspirations
"What separates us is that we expect to be great."
- Deion Sanders
Ambition
"It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog."
- Mark Twain
Determination
"The road to success is always under construction."
- Lily Tomlin
Success
"The greatest mistake you can make is being afraid to make one."
- Deion Sanders
Taking Risks
"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
Leadership
"If you chase greatness, the money is gonna come."
- Deion Sanders
Ambition
"I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire."
- Deion Sanders
Motivation
"Prepare for success now."
- Deion Sanders
Success
"Success is measured by how much you impact the lives of others."
- Deion Sanders
Contribution
"The pity party is over. Now let’s go."
- Deion Sanders
Perseverance
"If we change what we give in life, we will ultimately change what we get in life."
- Deion Sanders
Contribution
"Winning is a habit. So is losing. Choose wisely."
- Deion Sanders
Choice
"Don’t allow a want to cause you to forfeit what you already have."
- Deion Sanders
Contentment
"For every test, there’s answers for it that develop a testimony."
- Deion Sanders
Resilience
"You have the autonomy to restart things."
- Deion Sanders
New Beginnings
"I always wanted to make sure my parents didn’t have to work again for the rest of their lives."
- Deion Sanders
Family
"Whenever you make a promise, you have a responsibility to that promise."
- Deion Sanders
Responsibility
"Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win."
- Deion Sanders
Focus
"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
Family
"You’ve got to want what you want more than what you got."
- Deion Sanders
Ambition
"Athletes know kids look up to them, and it’s important for athletes to be responsible."
- Deion Sanders
Responsibility
"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
Belief
"Life is too short to waste on negativity."
- Deion Sanders
Positivity
"When we have public success we also have private struggles."
- Deion Sanders
Adversity
"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
Ambition
"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
Gratitude
"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
Determination
"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
Leadership
"I would do this for free as long as you’re doing it for free."
- Deion Sanders
Motivation
"You need an escape, a getaway, something to separate your mind from what is going on. Sometimes your career is about that."
- Deion Sanders
Self-care
"I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire."
- Deion Sanders
Motivation
"Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the masters of finding something that you didn’t suspect."
- Deion Sanders
Leadership
"Look good, play good. Play good, eat good. Eat good, die good."
- Deion Sanders
Well-being
"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
Respect
"Marshawn Lynch is the heart of this team. If he’s not going, the Seahawks aren’t going."
- Deion Sanders
Teamwork
"Water covers two-thirds of the Earth. I cover the rest."
- Deion Sanders
Boldness
"Wives, girlfriends, fiancees – clean out your closets. I’m cleaning out my old bell bottoms. We can touch millions."
- Deion Sanders
Contribution
"The thrill is gone. It’s time for me to step away."
- Deion Sanders
New Beginnings
"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
Adversity
"Tom Brady rises up to the occasion and plays well. That is just who he is."
- Deion Sanders
Respect
"I felt like a deer with a hundred hunters after me."
- Deion Sanders
Adversity
"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
Respect
"I’m married to football, baseball is my girlfriend."
- Deion Sanders
Ambition
"I never wear the same shoe twice."
- Deion Sanders
Originality
"Jason Witten will go down as one of the best tight ends in history."
- Deion Sanders
Respect
"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
Success
"I don’t think anybody in the game over the last several years has made more plays than Richard Sherman."
- Deion Sanders
Respect
"You don’t go from a Yugo to a Benz, back to a Yugo."
- Deion Sanders
Change
"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
Self-care
"Time is a wonderful storyteller."
- Deion Sanders
Reflection
"I can really fish – I’ve been fishing since I was a kid."
- Deion Sanders
Well-being
"Yes I would have been able to play for Bill Parcells."
- Deion Sanders
Reflection
"If I don’t fish in the morning, I fish in the evening."
- Deion Sanders
Well-being
"When you say I committed adultery, are you stating before the marriage of 1996 or prior to?"
- Deion Sanders
Awareness