Junior Seau Quotes

My father was a journalist.

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.

People often talk about parachute journalism, but one of the skills that you get when you are a correspondent is the ability to look at facts fast and work out what the story is.

Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.

When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well.

A big part of reporting is just being present. You have to show up ten days in a row to get the one telling detail.

In the league, if you have a bad spell, then you are running behind.

I ended up switching over to journalism in college. A few weeks into freshman year, I realized that business school wasn't for me. And writing stories and reading and talking to people is something that I just enjoy doing, so I figured why not try to build up a post-basketball career with that.

When I was studying at the Iowa Writers School, I read a sports writer, Ron Maly, from the Des Moines Register. He was a good sports writer. I became real interested in the contrast between Lute Olson, who was the coach of Iowa at the time, and Ron Maly.

When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy.

I think every time you step on the field you have a certain amount of pressure on you to succeed.

Everyone's expecting you to be playing fantastic football, winning every game, and course it doesn't happen like that.

I don't think, as a journalist, I'd ever get a story written. I'd probably spend five years researching it, and by the time I'd finish it, no one would be interested in it anymore.

As a playing group you don't go into the game thinking about whether you're the underdog or not.

When I was a journalist, I didn't care how many people talked to Ice Cube before I talked Ice Cube. I just knew that when I talked to Ice Cube, it was going to be different than what anybody else had done, and it was the same with any group.

Everyone works so hard on their game and on their body. Most of the time, it comes down to who is more relaxed mentally; on the court while playing and off the court.

There's always the pressure to win. That never goes away, but being a main event, I want to go out there and put on a great show for the fans and live up to being a main event. That doesn't really stress me out or pressure me anymore. The fight is enough.

I cannot see a situation when I won't feel pressure to play well and win.

I wanted to be a journalist. I used to write articles at university about politics.

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.