Don Yaeger Quotes

My legacy is so, so important to me.

I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something.

It's always great to add to your legacy.

We've always been proud of what we've done.

You should never be defined by what you do, by the things you have; you've got to define yourself by who you are and who you impact and how you impact people. And that's the thing I try to get across to my players.

I think that if I was only known for who I was as a football player and only that, it just would have been a tragedy.

Personally, it doesn't matter to me if I had the worst career stats in N.B.A. history as long as I got my 'ships. The 'ships, it shuts everything up.

Toward the end of my career, people started talking Hall of Fame, but still, you don't ever think you're going to end up there.

The more records you put up, the longer they talk about you.

You want to look back on your career and see what you've achieved, not just have a fancy car and a big house.

I just want to finish my career the right way - some winning and some successful years.

The last thing I wanted in life was to be measured by what I had inherited, as opposed to what I had done.

If I stopped making records or performing, I'd probably still be famous for a while being me. But I'd rather have something to show for myself.

When you retire, people don't look at how good you became. They look at what you've won. We remember the winners.

I want to be known for my work, that's most important.

I want to leave a legacy, but to do that, I need to be on my best game.

Try to be the best version of yourself.

I want to leave a great legacy behind me and continue to win major championships.

I'd much rather be known for what I do than what I look like.

If I was to become an icon, then I'd be very happy. I'll need to score a lot of goals, and the team will need to pick up trophies, though.

I've never been a guy to sit back and look at all my trophies and look at all my awards; that's not me.

All the money you make, all the awards you win, all the plays you produce, all the things you accomplish - the only thing that will remain is the love and the relationships that are formed in your lifetime.

To walk away and be proud of something that you created and something that is going to be out there, I think that's amazing.

I don't feel a need to prove anything or rewrite my legacy.

You've got to keep being 100 percent, keep doing what's best for you and your legacy, and then build and help other people around you, too.