A lot of people mistake habit for hard work. Doing something over and over again is not working hard. Shannon Sharpe More Quotes by Shannon Sharpe More Quotes From Shannon Sharpe When I left my grandmother's home in 1986 headed to Savannah State with two brown grocery bags filled with my belongings, nothing was going to keep me from realizing my dreams. Shannon Sharpe nothing dreams me home I was a terrible student. I didn't graduate magna cum laude: I graduated 'Thank you, Lawdy!' Shannon Sharpe student you terrible thank-you Everybody has an ego, and they don't like their athletic ability to be questioned. Shannon Sharpe everybody like ability ego You sacrifice so much to get to the NFL. You miss recitals and graduations. Moments that you can't have because you're focused on being the best. Shannon Sharpe best you sacrifice moments I've said numerous times the hardest job in America isn't being a professional athlete. It's not being a matador or having some job that puts your life at risk. The hardest job in America is being black, because it's the one thing you can't outrun. Shannon Sharpe job you black life I am the only player who has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and am the second-best player in my family. Shannon Sharpe i-am family fame football I think with lean cuts of chicken and beef, fish, turkey, ground beef and bison, you can't go wrong with those. Shannon Sharpe fish chicken think you My grandma told me, don't get into trouble. I know how hard she worked to take care of her own nine kids and my mama's three. And I just never wanted to hurt her. I never wanted to do something that would embarrass her. Shannon Sharpe never me care hurt I tell people, when I train, I don't do a Hansel and Gretel workout. I don't drop breadcrumbs. I saved nothing for the trip home. Shannon Sharpe nothing train home people To say someone is the greatest, I just don't want championships to define that greatness. Because under that theory, Robert Horry is one of the five or six best basketball players ever - he has seven championship rings. We know that not to be true. Shannon Sharpe true someone best greatness I like to think my teammates had a good time when I was around. Shannon Sharpe teammates good think time You're only great if you win. I mean, Alexander wasn't Alexander the Mediocre or Alexander the Average. He was Alexander the Great, and there's a reason for it. Shannon Sharpe great win you reason
