Charles Woodson Quotes

I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well.

Without a doubt, one of the toughest football players to ever play the game is Tom Brady.

I had some good OGs, from Charles Woodson to Justin Tuck to Antonio Smith.

There was no better end than Lance Alworth and no better lineman than Ron Mix. Those are Hall of Fame guys. There was no better guard than Walt Sweeney and no better pair of running backs than Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe.

LaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Marion Barber, and a host of other black stars help the NFL shine brightly week after week.

My football idol growing up, I was named after Walter Payton, but my idols at RB were Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith.

I'm probably the only guy in the country who can say he's worked under Chuck Noll and Don Shula.

We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they put down that are pretty good players. You have Ray Guy, Jim Plunkett, Lester Hayes and Donnie Shell.

Joe Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger are big guys with strong arms.

My role models weren't holding steering wheels and mashing gears on Sunday. They wore burgundy and gold with names like Art Monk and Darrell Green.

Guys like Bryce Treggs, Chris Harper, Kenny Lawler, Darius Powe, Richard Rodgers, Jackson Bouza. All those guys are incredible. They run great routes and have great hands.

To be able to be mentioned with guys like Emmitt, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin and my man LaDainian Tomlinson, it's a blessing.

I know wide receivers.

I loved Tom Landry and Roger Staubach.

I think the Canadian Football League is a great league, but it's not the NFL, and I'm not Jerry Rice.

If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.

I always idolized guys like Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, Steve Young and the entire 49ers team, really. I was a huge 49ers fan growing up.

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.

It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

You see guys in the NFL when you're younger, and you try to model your game after that.

In his time both on the field and on the sideline, Jack Pardee will forever be a part of the Washington Redskins' legacy.

I was at UGA playing with Champ Bailey and Hines Ward - both guys who will probably touch the Hall of Fame one day.

My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan.

I rate Fabien Barthez and played with two great keepers in Alex Stepney and Harry Gregg.