Tony Gonzalez Quotes

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Tony Gonzalez

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 27, 1976

I've been on some really good teams, but we weren't able to get over the hump. It's offense, defense and special teams, and then the ball has to go your way.

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There's a lot of growing you can have when you're in adversity, when you're in a losing situation.

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I love Atlanta, even the city.

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Chiefs fans know how I feel about them and so do the Atlanta Falcons fans.

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What made me so different is they would use me all over the place instead of the traditional tight end where you're taking off right next to the left tackle or right tackle. They would split me out wide and put everybody on the other side and throw me jump balls, they'd throw slants.

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I miss the fears. I miss that. I miss going over the middle and not knowing if I'm going to make that play. I think that's the part of the game you miss the most, that excitement of it. Then you think of the physical part as a retired player and I'm like, 'hell no.'

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I love philosophy and spirituality and leveling-up books and science books.

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I always wanted to play in the Super Bowl. That never happened. It hurts. I'm not going to lie about it. It's reality. You deal with it.

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I'm always very honest.

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I try to be me. I don't have anything to hide.

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I like seeing people achieve great things.

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We're not all like Tom Brady, who just keeps winning Super Bowls.

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What's more important than your nutrition? What's more important than workin' out? It begins with gettin' a good night's sleep.

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I love a sleep mask, havin' total darkness is essential for good sleep, you know, cuttin' that light out of your eyes.

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I don't care what you read, as long as you're reading something 'cause when you read somethin', you're learning somethin'.

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I'm a big podcast guy, I have my own podcast called 'Wide Open.'

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Coach Vermeil was the greatest.

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There's nothing else like playing at Arrowhead Stadium.

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I think consistency, that's one thing that I look back over my career. You could count on me catching around 80 balls a year or whatever, almost eight, nine touchdowns. And I only missed two games out of 17 years, I'm pretty proud of that, too.

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