Richard Sherman Quotes

There may be a lot of people out there who don't like me who don't even know me. But there are quite a few people who like me because they know me. I'm not a bad guy by any means. I can't do anything about people hating me for no reason.

- Richard Sherman

I don't think college athletes are given enough time to really take advantage of the free education that they're given, and it's frustrating because a lot of people get upset with student-athletes and say, 'They're not focused on school and they're not taking advantage of the opportunity they're given.'

- Richard Sherman

My school almost lost its accreditation. If that had happened, my diploma wouldn't have been worth anything.

- Richard Sherman

I've always been a square, a nerd. Kind of odd, kind of awkward. I still am to this day. People just think I'm a lot cooler 'cause I play football.

- Richard Sherman

My teammates would never say anything bad about me, even if they thought it. That's the kind of locker room we have.

- Richard Sherman

You don't want to always put a bunch of sugar in you. Because your sugar gets high, it gets stuck in your blood, it gets stuck in your system. It makes you tired. You have the ups and downs.

- Richard Sherman

I saw a hockey game where they threw the puck aside and just started fighting. I saw that, and I'm like, 'So I'm the thug?'

- Richard Sherman

I'm not anybody's puppet.

- Richard Sherman

I would love for a regular student to have a student-athlete's schedule during the season for just one quarter or one semester and show me how you balance that. Show me how you would schedule your classes when you can't schedule classes from 2-to-6 o'clock on any given day.

- Richard Sherman

The playoffs, everybody gets a little frustrated. You lose, your season's over.

- Richard Sherman

Luckily, I was blessed to go to Stanford and a school that was primarily focused on academics, so it was a blessing.

- Richard Sherman

The goal has always been to stay in Seattle and continue to play for the Seahawks.

- Richard Sherman

There's always been adversity, wherever I've gone.

- Richard Sherman

Sign language was a great experience. I have a deaf aunt that I am able to communicate with because of that class.

- Richard Sherman

You're not on scholarship for school, and it sounds crazy when a student-athlete says that, but that's - those are the things coaches tell them every day: 'You're not on scholarship for school.'

- Richard Sherman

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.

- Richard Sherman

I know some 'thugs,' and they know I'm the furthest thing from a thug. I've fought that my whole life, just coming from where I'm coming from.

- Richard Sherman

To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field - don't judge a person's character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family.

- Richard Sherman

A lot of coaches have come up to me and liked the way I played.

- Richard Sherman

I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.

- Richard Sherman

People don't talk much about my punt returns.

- Richard Sherman

We've seen a lot of average college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into terrible NFL players.

- Richard Sherman

To be painted a villain, you have to do something, I guess, evil or something heinous, and I don't know if I fit that description.

- Richard Sherman

I like to play video games and read.

- Richard Sherman

No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you'd like to witness history.

- Richard Sherman

On the football field, you're still going out to there to win. And if you're not going out there to win, what are you going out there for?

- Richard Sherman

Being physical is something I pride myself on.

- Richard Sherman

A lot of people are like, 'Don't read your news clippings.' I read them every day. Anything negative somebody said about me, I find it and use it as fuel.

- Richard Sherman

Everybody can be who they are within the scheme of the Seahawks and what we want to do.

- Richard Sherman

There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.

- Richard Sherman

I talk a big game because I carry a big stick.

- Richard Sherman

I think my game measures up pretty well to myself.

- Richard Sherman

Giving a true speech, a true, passionate speech, is old-school football.

- Richard Sherman

I'm the best corner in the game!

- Richard Sherman

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

- Richard Sherman