Terrell Owens
Terrell Owens
Terrell Eldorado Owensis an American football wide receiver who last played for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Owens holds or shares several National Football League records. His 15,934 career receiving yards rank second in NFL history, and his 153 receiving touchdowns are third...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1973
CityAlexander City, AL
CountryUnited States of America
Like I always said, if I'm one of the top players in the game, pay me like I'm one of the top players in the game.
I never even watched football growing up. I just play the game.
As you get to know me, you kind of figure me out, that I'm not as probably as bad of a guy that I've been reported to be. I'm not that jerk.
Everybody is not going to be squeaky clean. All the guys they are giving these marketing endorsement deals are the ones going out there getting in trouble. That is what is really puzzling to me. They will take a chance on the so-called "good image guy" and they are the ones that go out there and screw it all up. You have not seen my face go across the screen for any off the field problems, period.
I know the microphones and cameras are on me. They're looking at my gestures and taking it and running with it because of things that have happened in the past. It's very unfair.
Once I step on the field, by the things I do in practice and the way I practice, you can't tell that I don't love the game. But I just know it deep down.
I've always been pretty much a quiet person. When I was little, I got picked on a lot. After I went through all that, I pretty much kept to myself.
Yes, I am a narcissist. The best, too.
I had my family before I played football.
I have donated money to the kids overseas, the open hand project and the homeless.
I've never really thought of myself as having an ego. I've always found myself as having a lot of confidence. I know I have a lot of great ability. I know what I bring to the table.
You have a white guy as an announcer and sportscaster. Me, I'm black. I do it and I've already done some stuff in the past. We're more expressive than the white guys. You look at the skill players. We're the ones that get into the end zone. We get in the end zone more than they do.
I left a lot - a lot - of touchdowns on the field throughout the last two or three years.
I'm smart enough to know when I've done something wrong, but I don't understand this. Guys are beating their wives, getting DUIs and doing drugs, and I get national attention for a Sharpie? People are personally attacking me, calling me a classless asshole because I did something creative during a game. Why?