Tony Gonzalez Quotes
It didn't seem fair that no matter how many passes I caught or how many touchdowns I scored, I was considered a 'lowly tight end' and would never be paid anywhere close to a salary as high as the elite wide receivers.
Gonzalez, Tony, and Mitzi Dulan. The All-Pro Diet. Rodale Books, 2009, p. 45.
Advice to a Black female reporter she was mentoring when the woman asked her advice about what salary to ask for in a job discussion she was having with a newspaper which had recruited her
Anthony David Gonzalez is a former professional American football tight end. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Atlanta Falcons. Regarded as one of the greatest tight ends of all-time, Gonzalez played college football and college basketball at University of California, Berkeley, and was recognized as a consensus All-American in football. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft, where he played for 12 seasons, and was a member of the Atlanta Falcons in his last five seasons. Since retiring, he has served as an analyst for Fox Sports.