In sports, you can put as many great players as you want on a team, but if one guy out there is worried about himself, it will not work, then on television, I've had jobs where I got there and felt like : Wow, I didn't know I was supposed to be a sidekick. I thought I was coming here to be a partner.

Michael Strahan

You want to win and you want the [NFL] ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.

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Believe it and it will happen.

Michael Strahan

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I was scared every time I put on a uniform and stepped on the field. I’m scared every day I go into the studio and I come on stage because I fear that I will not live up to what is expected. I fear that somebody who spent a lot of money to come into our studio, to come to New York and they’ll walk away and go, ‘I could have stayed at home.’ I feared that as a player a fan would come to the stands and I wouldn’t perform well. Just the way I’m built. I’m more scared of failure than I am excited about the accolades that come with success.

Michael Strahan

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This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.

Michael Strahan

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The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation.

Michael Strahan

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I love solving problems. It makes me happy to juggle all the jobs I do-figuring out which team is supposed to win on Fox NFL Sunday; reacting off the cuff to Kelly [Ripa, on Live]; and now Good Morning America, trying to fit into that group. The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish.

Michael Strahan

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German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back.

Michael Strahan

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At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

Michael Strahan

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That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

Michael Strahan

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I'm not an adulterer. I'm not gay.

Michael Strahan

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I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.

Michael Strahan

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If you're not the one cooking, stay out of the way and compliment the chef.

Michael Strahan

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My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary.

Michael Strahan

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My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

Michael Strahan

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These athletes can be considered the gods in certain ways and the fans can be considered parishioners.

Michael Strahan

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So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.

Michael Strahan

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My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.

Michael Strahan

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I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl.

Michael Strahan

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With the players Madden is definitely king and that's probably why it's been one of the top selling games all these years and will probably continue to be.

Michael Strahan

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All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how long you can retain and pay attention.

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