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
I have done a lot of things off the field but I feel like in my heart I dont really have to publicize what I do for people because it is from my heart.
Say I had been with a guy like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Drew Brees all of my career. Are you kidding me?
But [Sunday] as you saw, it was obviously [the media] took some more than initiative to try to get me to kind of go down the wrong path. I know the last two teams that I've been on, I felt like I left those teams prematurely due to media interviews that I've done and things kind of taken out of context and they created sort of a media whirlwind in the locker room and things kind of went downhill from there. I'm just trying to do the best job I can do as far as answering the questions and trying to be a better teammate and not try to throw people under the bus.
I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football.
People forget that I'm a human being, just because I play a sport that everybody loves. We're human. We're not invincible. We share the same feelings and emotions that people on the outside feel. I don't think people really understand that.
Off the field I'm down to earth. I'm a very caring person. I'm a very giving person.
Like my boy tells me; if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.
It doesn't matter what people say about me, whether they're in Philly, or whether they're in San Francisco... all across the world.
It doesn't matter what any of my teammates have said about me.
I've only been on one vacation ever. I just went to Acapulco before training camp.
I'm going to have my family after I play football.
For whatever reason, God has a plan for me.
I would not have gone to Philly if I really did not have my free agency right, if I did not have a case, period.
I think there is something bigger in store for me.