The Players Tribune

Football

ALL STORIES

I want to tell you about the most difficult thing you will ever experience, more difficult than anything that will ever happen on the football field.

Charles (Peanut) Tillman

There was no way we were going to let it slip away again. And we didn’t.

Ben Boulware

The Falcons gave me an opportunity, and in return, I want to help deliver a ring.

Devonta Freeman

Listen: If there’s one thing I know after having played for the Patriots for 13 years, it’s that you don’t wanna be late to a Bill Belichick meeting.

Kevin Faulk

Don’t worry about the Cowboys’ history. Go make your own history. This is your moment.

Emmitt Smith

No matter what happens next, I know I’ll never experience something as special as being a Tar Heel.

Mitchell Trubisky

For the next four years, I’m going to be attending Ohio State.

Jeff Okudah

We dug ourselves out of that 4-5 hole. We didn’t panic. We embraced the adversity and kept fighting. That's the Steeler Way.

Cameron Heyward

The University of Florida has changed my life. And I don’t mean that in the cliché way. I mean every single syllable of it.

Jalen “Teez” Tabor

In order to go somewhere you’ve never been before, you gotta do some things you’ve never done before.

Damon Harrison and Janoris Jenkins

Anyone who has ever wondered how football players get so big has clearly never tried my mom’s cooking.

Dalvin Tomlinson

It’s the playoffs. So stay loud, and enjoy the show.

Richard Sherman

Don’t be like me, son, be better than me.

Cam Newton

Before we played Iowa, my teammates asked if I would lead the team on the field on Military Appreciation Night. I couldn’t have been more honored.

Immanuel Iyke

I would give anything to take the field with my brothers one more time. So when you go out there, put every bit of yourself into every single play.

Eddie Jackson

You go from being a kid watching these guys on TV to suiting up with the very same players — in what seems like an instant.

A.J. Hawk