6 Quotes & Sayings By Junior Seau

Junior Seau was an American football linebacker who played his entire professional career for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was a Pro Bowl selection 10 times, and was named to the NFL's All-2000s Team. Seau also played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), where he was a four-year starter with the USC Trojans football team from 1991 to 1994. He was a first team All-American in his senior season, and won the Butkus Award as the nation's best linebacker Read more

He also earned second team All-American honors as a sophomore in 1989.

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Too many athletes are living in a tiny window. They have no vision for themselves - what they can be outside of football and what they can mean to a community. They just don't know any better. My hopes and dreams are unlimited. Junior Seau
2
I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen. Junior Seau
3
As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the 'hood. The influences of the 'hood are very powerful. Junior Seau
4
No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back. Junior Seau
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Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency. Junior Seau