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Who is Shannon Sharpe?
Shannon Sharpe is a retired American football tight end who was born on June 26, 1968. Shannon Sharpe was a member of the National Football League’s (NFL) Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens, and he was a former CBS Sports analyst for NFL telecasts.
He has lately started working as a TV host, co-hosting Skip and Shannon: Undisputed alongside Skip Bayless.
He was also inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On August 6, 2011, this occurrence occurred.
He played 12 seasons with the Broncos and two seasons for the Ravens.
He also won three Super Bowls and retired as the NFL’s all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns by a tight end. He was the first tight end in history to have over 10,000 receiving yards.
On the football field, he has made several contributions. Here are 100 Shannon Sharpe quotes.
Shannon Sharpe with his brother and prize
“I’m a big fan of cardio. I enjoy spinning and do it seven to eight times a week because I have the time.
What else can I possibly do? I don’t have a pastime.
I don’t golf, I don’t restore vehicles, and I don’t have a fixer-upper house in the works. So, basically, my day revolves around working out.
That’s what I like to do.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“There’s a reason it’s called pursuing your dreams rather than walking after them.”
“I WAS A BAD STUDENT. I DID NOT GRADUATE WITH MAGNA CUM LAUDE; I GRADUATED WITH ‘THANK YOU, LAWDY!'” SHARPE, SHANNON
“Everyone has an ego, and they don’t enjoy having their athletic abilities called into doubt.”
“Regardless of what I do, unless I break his records, I’ll always be Sterling’s younger brother.”
“In elementary school, I took a speech class.
And you know how teachers used to lead a child and say, ‘Johnny, sounds like…’ when he was having difficulty pronouncing a word? Johnny, does it sound like…?’
‘Sounds like Johnny can’t read,’ I replied aloud.
“The teacher asked me to leave the room.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I often remind people that bodies are built in the kitchen, not the gym.”
You cannot exercise while eating poorly. It’s simply impossible.
You can’t exercise a terrible diet unless you want to be an ultramarathoner or someone like Michael Phelps, who swims 70 or 80,000 meters in a week.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“What you can’t measure is someone’s heart, their drive.”
You can measure his 40, vertical, and bench press, which will tell you things like, yes, he can leap high.
But his ambition, his dedication, and his determination are intangible. Rod Smith is unquantifiable in that regard.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“At some point, we’re going to have to stop addressing the kneeling and start addressing what caused Colin Kaepernick to kneel.”
That is the subject that no one wants to discuss.” Shannon Sharpe’s
Shannon Sharpe Quote #10 of 100
“MY GREAT-AUNT WAS A VERY SIMPLE WOMAN.”
SHE DID NOT WISH F
OR MUCH. EVERY SUNDAY, MY GRANDMOTHER WANTED TO GO TO CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SHE DESIRED TO ATTEND BIBLE STUDY ON WEDNESDAYS.
SHE WANTED TO BE ON A FISHING CREEK THE OTHER DAYS.” SHARPE, SHANNON
“You can only be great if you win.” I mean, Alexander was not Alexander the Average or Alexander the Mediocre.
He was known as Alexander the Great for a reason.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“Most people are entrenched. ‘Michael Jordan is the best player, and LeBron can’t help him.’
Many people believe that LeBron is petulant and complains, that he has jumped teams and that he wants all of the top players.
And once you’ve made up your mind about anything, there’s no getting away from it.”
“Nothing was going to stop me from reaching my aspirations when I left my grandmother’s house in 1986, bound to Savannah State with two brown grocery bags full of my possessions.”
“I didn’t realize you could buy chicken parts separately until my freshman year, such drumsticks, thighs, and breast.”
My grandmother routinely bought entire chickens and chopped them up.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I THINK YOU CAN’T GO WRONG WITH LEAN CUTS OF CHICKEN AND BEEF, FISH, TURKEY, GROUND BEEF, AND BISON.”
“Many individuals confuse habit with hard work.
Working hard is not doing something again and over.”
“Racism is an illness.” Take a sickness to your doctor, and let the doctor tell you, ‘Well, look, I’m not going to treat you; we’re simply not going to talk about it.’
It will fade away.’ You’d stare at him as if he were insane.
Racism will not go away if we don’t talk about it.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“You put in so much effort to get to the NFL.
You miss graduations and recitals. Moments you can’t have because you’re too preoccupied with being the best.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“My grandmother warned me not to go into trouble.”
I know how hard she worked to care for her own nine children as well as my mother’s three.
And I just didn’t want to hurt her. I never wanted to do anything that would make Mom look bad.” Shannon Sharpe’s
Shannon Sharpe Quote #20 of 100
“I TELL PEOPLE THAT I DO NOT TRAIN WITH A HANSEL AND GRETEL WORKOUT.
BREADCRUMBS ARE NOT DROPPERS. I DID NOT SAVE ANY MONEY FOR THE RIDE HOME.” SHARPE, SHANNON
“All I do is state what everyone else is thinking but lacks the courage to utter.”
“You may go to the press and say, ‘Yeah, I’m working hard.'”
It’s not going to happen in front of the other 52 guys in the locker room.
You can’t deceive your teammates since they can see you.
They see you every day, and they see you more often than your family.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“Super Bowl XXXII was a victory that began long before that field in San Diego in 1998.”
It was earned while growing up in Glennville, Ga., and as a seventh-round pick out of Savannah State.
That ring was always his, even at the peak.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I’ve mentioned many times that being a professional athlete isn’t the hardest job in America.
It’s not being a matador or working in some dangerous job that puts your life in danger.
Being black is the most difficult job in America because it is the one thing you can’t outrun.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“No one in my family went to college until my brother, and then I did.”
“If you want to boo, boo me as loudly as you can because I think it’s a symbol of respect: you don’t boo the bad players; you boo the very good ones.”
“Perhaps Colin Kaepernick had an epiphany.”
Perhaps he realized, ‘I have a higher calling than playing quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.'”
“You can tell the truth, but you can’t always be direct about it.”
I discovered a technique to speak the truth while still presenting it in a lovely, neat packaging for others to receive. You have to put it in a nice, neat box with a bow tie a lot of the time, and when they open it, it’s the truth.
“I believe people respect that.”
“I am the only player in my family who has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and I am the second-best player.”
Shannon Sharpe Quote Number 30 out of 100
“DO NOT WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OPPORTUNITY: CREATE ONE FOR YOURSELF.”
“I’m not trying to avoid surgery to impress someone and wind up injuring or tearing my labrum or rotator cuff.”
“When someone is called the greatest, I don’t want championships to define that greatness.”
Because, according to that argument, Robert Horry is one of the top five or six basketball players of all time, with seven championship rings.
We know that isn’t true.”
“Some people retire and go golfing.” Some people go hunting.
Some folks enjoy fishing. “I exercise.”
“You don’t just wake up one day and decide, ‘I’m going to be a talker.'”
I’m going to be a haughty braggart.’
It’s something you work on over time and get better at.
I’ve obviously gotten fairly good at it.
“You must go above and beyond what the coaches ask of you or you will never be a great player in this league.”
“I’ve always been a talker. You don’t just wake up one day and say, ‘I think I’d like to chat a little more.’
Some are more skilled than others.”
“I will always respect the presidency as an institution, and I will respect President Trump.”
“Charles Barkley played during a time when he was never the hero.
He was always forced to accept second place to Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Isaiah Thomas because what did they have that he didn’t? “It’s a championship.”
“Because I dislike subjectivity, I could never have been a high diver or a gymnast.”
I enjoy being faster than you or being able to jump higher or swim faster.
I don’t want you to hold a card until I know whether I won or lost.” Shannon Sharpe’s
Shannon Sharpe Quote Number 40 out of 100
“I OWE EVERYTHING I AM TO STERLING SHARPE.” HE CHANGED ME INTO A BETTER FOOTBALL PLAYER, FATHER, AND MAN. MY HERO WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE.” SHARPE, SHANNON
“No other game compares to the Super Bowl.”
“I bet Jerry Jones would not swap places with a 75-year-old black man in Chicago.” Joel Klatt,
I’m sure, would not swap places with a 30-year-old black man from Chicago or Watts.
I’m sure he wouldn’t do it. Do you understand why? It’s nice to know I’m white and male in America.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“Of the four major sports, whether you prefer Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Bobby Orr, Larry Bird, or Tom Brady – Bill Russell is the best athlete to play in Boston.”
“I don’t mind athletes speaking up, but I want to make sure they read before they speak up.”
“My grandmother raised her nine children and my mother’s three.”
“I have the highest regard for Charles Barkley.”
He was a fantastic baseball player… Please cite Charles Barkley when discussing basketball.
But what about race in America?
Please refrain from quoting Charles Barkley.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I feel, it is my belief, that voting just with your back pocket or your own best interests in mind is a terrible, terrible way of thinking.”
“Because President Trump couldn’t stay in politics, he turned to athletics.”
So I’m very at ease now, moving forward and leaping back and forth. “From sports to politics, and from politics to sports.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“Peyton Manning is humorous, as seen by his appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and you can see him in his ads.” He’s amusing.” Shannon Sharpe’s
Shannon Sharpe Quote Number 50 of 100
“MANY PROBLEMS ARE NOT GOING TO GET BETTER IF WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THEM.”
RACE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
IT’S A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TOPIC BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF AMERICA WAS FOUND ON IT.” SHARPE, SHANNON
“My birth year was the 1960s.
I was born in the 1970s.
I recall how racial relations were.
The trouble is, I want to go on and never return to those days.
I’d like to continue the discussion.
I’m going to talk about it.
And we’re going to improve America. It is my responsibility as a citizen, and I demand it.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“As someone who has played football, I see it through a very different lens.”
I don’t look at it through the eyes of a fan.
When I’m watching sports, I’m always attempting to evaluate and critique what I’m seeing.
That’s why I never listen to music.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“When everyone said I’d never make it, I trusted the one person who said I could: myself.”
“I had a persona as a player, and this may surprise you, but I liked to talk.”
But don’t let the persona overpower you.
The character enjoyed having fun.
“The individual knew when it was time to get to work.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I’m just a skinny boy from Glennville, Georgia, a town of 3,500 people and two traffic lights, on my way to the Hall of Fame.”
“I love green vegetables like arugula, spinach, and kale.”
“It irritates me when people claim, ‘Well, I don’t see color.’ Color is visible to you.
Now, how you behave and handle the issue after seeing and noticing color is different.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“When the parents are unable to care for their children, the grandparents step in.
“It takes a lot to get down on the ground and get yourself up for an extended period of time at 245 pounds.”
I can assure you that none of those CrossFit guys weigh 245 pounds.” Shannon Sharpe’s
Shannon Sharpe Quote #60 out of 100
“ADRIAN PETERSON CAN RUN HOME.”
“I’ve had my bell rung, and when I first came into the league, the term was ‘getting dinged’ or ‘had your bell rung.’
So my bell was rung a few times.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I adore the NFL.”
Everything that I really have is because of the NFL… but every idea that the NFL pitched is not a great idea.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I don’t know if Rush Limbaugh knows the difference between a screen porch and a screenplay.”
“I like to talk. I admit it.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“People say, ‘Since you got rich and famous, you’ve become insufferable.’ I say, ‘That’s not true. I’ve always been insufferable.’”
“Everything I am is because of my grandmother.
“I love to work out.”
“I meet athletes from different backgrounds and see they share the same mentality and process as other athletes in other sports.”
“Bill Belichick makes it really easy for you to root against the Patriots.”
70th of 100 Shannon Sharpe Quotes
“YOU CAN’T BE A POOR SPORT ALL THE TIME.”
“You’re not going to win all the time.”
“Some guys get on the road, and the first thing they do is look for the nearest golf course.
I look for a gym.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“In my 14 years, catching 200 yards or scoring 3 touchdowns in a game, breaking a record – none of those compared to winning the Super Bowl for the first time.”
“I like to think my teammates had a good time when I was around.”
“Growing up on a farm, I saw that if I didn’t go to the military or go to school,
I knew my mom and my family weren’t going to be able to send me to school out of their pocket, so it basically came down to athletics.
I knew I didn’t want to work on a farm.
I knew I didn’t want to do manual labor the rest of my life.”
“Guys would always start by saying, ‘
You ain’t going to get nothing today, Sharpe!’ And I’d say, ‘Know what? Don’t be surprised if your name is on the waiver wire tomorrow.
It could have been prevented.
But you wanted to go there.
So now when you see your name on the wire, you’ll know who put it there.’” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I didn’t bother with trash-talking people’s moms, wives, or girlfriends.
I was like, ‘Hold on, man, you mean to tell me you’re making $10 million a year?
That’s $9 million, $999,999 too much!’ That ate them up.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“Some people think all I did was trash talk. But ask my teammates, coaches – they saw how hard I worked, how hard I prepared.” Shannon Sharpe’s
80th of 100 Shannon Sharpe Quotes
“MOST OF THE GREAT PLAYERS LEAVE THE GAME UNDER THEIR TERMS.”
“I’m all in on ‘Undisputed,’ and that’s where I was with football.”
“I’m not uncomfortable with my looks.”
“A lot of guys are going to say, ‘Look if it meant me getting a Super Bowl ring, I’d run right over the top of my brother.’ And I would have.
But once it was said and done, I would have been very disappointed that I had to get the ring at my brother’s expense.”
“I’m not a good talker, I’m a great talker because I do it so often over a long period of time.
“I don’t want to live in a society where we ask sporting leagues or places of employment to dole out a harsher punishment than what the criminal justice system would.”
“I want to make one thing crystal clear.
The NFL does have a responsibility to make sure that their players are upstanding, law-abiding citizens.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I really carried that seventh-round tag with me my whole career, even at the end.”
“I felt like I always had to fight to prove my worth.”
“Even though all those Pro Bowls, at the end of the day, I was always just a seventh-round pick.”
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90th of 100 Shannon Sharpe Quotes
“THE GUYS THAT ARE SERIOUSLY SERIOUS ABOUT FOOTBALL – YOUR PEYTON MANNINGS, YOUR TOM BRADYS – I’M NOT SAYING DON’T ADVERTISE OR DO ENDORSEMENTS DOLLARS.
BUT THERE’S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.” SHARPE, SHANNON
“I’m not supposed to be phonetically correct or enunciate perfectly.”
“When someone keeps doing something, you say that that isn’t him, he is just making some bad decisions. Sometimes those decisions reflect the person.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“We have never, ever, in the history of football seen a guy that possesses what Aaron Rodgers possesses.
Nobody, no quarterback in history, has the touch, the accuracy, the ability to throw the ball moving left or right,
throw the ball from the pocket, throw the ball from different plains.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“There’s not a throw that Tom Brady can make that Aaron Rodgers can’t,
but there are several throws that Aaron Rodgers can make that Tom Brady only dreams of making.”
“Talent is what wins games.”
“I was a talker back in elementary school.
I used to get A’s and B’s in everything, but I got an F in conduct.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“Most fans outside Denver don’t like me, and for good reason.
I give them every reason not to like me.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I’m just a skinny kid from Glennville, Georgia.
I’m going to the Hall of Fame. Not to the Hall of Very Good. The Hall of Fame.” Shannon Sharpe’s
“I can’t for the life of me – and I’ve tried – love someone like I love my grandmother, my sister, and my mom.”
“When I went to the Pro Bowl, I went as a tight end.
When I made the All-Pro team, I made it as a tight end.
When they introduced us and I ran out of the tunnel, they introduced me as a tight end.
So how is that possible that now that my career is over, they say, ‘Well, he put up stats like a wide receiver?’
It’s not my fault I was ahead of my time.” ―
