MEDIA DAY QUOTES FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
—Tom Brady won't talk about his legacy yet. "I'm 30 years old and in the eighth year in my career. I don't really think this is the time to evaluate your place in history. We're all still building our resumes. We are all still trying to achieve as much as we can. We have a great opportunity ahead of us. I don't think you reflect on what people will think about you 30 years from now. That doesn't do much good. Your focus should be on the game."
—New England defensive end Richard Seymour told SI.com that he gets pedicures and manicures. "I have the nicest nails in the league".
—New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan knows he he wants playing in him in a movie of his life. And it isn't Academy Award winner Forrest Whittaker. "Forrest Whittaker!?!? C'mon man," ESPN.com reported. Will Smith is more to Strahan's liking. "We could bulk him up and put a gap in his tooth, but Will Smith could get it done."
—While Brady fended off marriage proposals, he also dealt with teammates role playing as members of the media. With a TV video camera on his shoulder, Patriots linebacker Pierre Woods asked Brady about his walking boot worn last week when his ankle injury first surfaced. Could the boot draw $500,000 on eBay? "You ain't paying for that," Brady said, alluding to Woods' thrifty nature.
"Pierre was complaining the other day -- you guys got to get this," Brady told ESPN.com. "Because he got a rental car, he was going to put only 87 octane in the tank rather than 93 to save himself two dollars. I said, 'You're not going to drive the car enough to fill the tank up, so what's the big deal?' But that tells you, there's a responsible kid."
—Giants punter Jeff Feagles is 41 and without much hair. Much to his chagrin, his teammates pointed this out during a special-teams meeting last week when he saw an enlarged copy of his mug shot from the Eagles' 1988 media guide. Feagles: "All the guys were like, 'Man, Jeff, you had a lot of hair back then. You were pretty good looking.' Well, I'm good looking now."
—"Jerry Rice WAS the greatest." Patriots receiver Randy Moss, when asked about the best NFL receiver of all time.
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—Patriots right tackle told Matt Light told FoxSports.com that media day was "like when you try to put on your wife's sock. There's only enough material to cover half your foot."
—When Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes missed two late field goals against the Packers in the NFC Championship, coach Tom Coughlin didn't rip into Tynes as everyone thought.
"Look, he was just as frustrated as me, he just showed it more verbally," Tynes told ESPN.com. "I don't think he was berating me or anything. It is not like he was calling me a worthless piece of crap or anything. He was just rooting me on. If you let that kind of stuff bother you, you won't last long in this game."
—New England safety Rodney Harrison, no stranger to an occasional fine for dishing out a big hit, told ESPN.com it's all just part of the game.
"Football IS dirty. Football is a tough, physical sport, with lots of dirtiness going on.
"We signed up for a dirty sport. That's why you guys [the media] don't do it. That's why we do it."
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