Ryan Leaf Quotes

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster.

If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.

A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.

I was doing hard personally and did some things I probably shouldn't have done. We've all got our cross to bear.

I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.

When a person gets to the age of 35 and you go to jail, it either makes you or breaks you. It made me identify what I wanted.

The world brought me to my knees, what have you brung you?

That experience which does not make us better makes us worse.

It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest.

Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.

After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.

We all make mistakes, Steele. It’s what we do afterward that defines us more than the actual incident that led to the mistake. (Joe)

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

We played hard and we partied hard. I'm not ashamed of that. I was no angel - I did some things I shouldn't have done, lived a lifestyle I shouldn't have lived. I had a blast at times; other times, I probably compromised my job, my duty to do my job, to be ready as a professional.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself.

I think I've been an incredible example to my kids of what not to do.

I think everybody has ups and downs in their lives. We learn from the biggest disappointments, right? You learn how to be humble to yourself and to be humble to others.

In dreams begin responsibilities.

'Showgirls' was a critical point in my life. I had my head handed to me. At 21 years old, I had to find my self-esteem again. It was a very hard time.