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Wikipedia Summary for Randy Moss
Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is a former American football player. He has played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and the San Francisco 49ers. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all-time, he holds the NFL single-season touchdown reception record (23 in 2007), the NFL single-season touchdown reception record for a rookie (17 in 1998), and is second on the NFL all-time regular season touchdown reception list with 156. Moss was well known for his prowess in securing contested catches and the word "mossed" has entered football vernacular. Post-football, he began working for ESPN as a studio analyst for their Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown programs.
Moss played college football for Marshall University, and twice earned All-America honors. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, where he played for seven years before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland Raiders. In 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots, where he set the single-season record for touchdown receptions. In October 2010, Moss returned to the Vikings in a trade from the Patriots but was waived less than a month later, where he was claimed by the Tennessee Titans. After sitting out the 2011 season, Moss signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers in 2012 before retiring following the season. He played in two Super Bowl games, XLII with the Patriots and XLVII with the 49ers, both losses. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
The one thing I did learn at Florida State, I learned to talk trash, believe that.
I love the game of football. I've been playing since I was 6 years old, and now that I am retired and not really into it physically, it's all about the mental part of it now. It's just coaching and teaching the game.
Nobody controls me but my mama and God.
In a way, I am what they say I am. I am a hard-ass. I'm hard to get along with. Most of the time I'm moody. All that's true. I got no problem with people saying that.
I'm a guy here to play football. I'm not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I'm not into all that.
Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.
He hasn't shown me anything but how he carries himself as a professional man, husband, father and athlete. Tom Brady is a pro's pro. I love the man and everything he's accomplished.
I'm just enjoying the ride. I'm just contributing what I can.
I'm one of the most competitive guys in the NFL. Believe me, nobody wants it more than me.
I'm a country boy who hasn't really been exposed to city living, and it throws me.
I want to keep winning, the hell with the record.
I smoke a blunt once every blue moon. But hey, the moon looks kinda blue tonight.
I've always just loved to play football, even if it was street football, like razzle-dazzle.
I don't care about my image. I'm already paid. I've already got my money, so why worry about my image?
When you're rich, you don't write checks. Straight cash, homey.
I like to keep my surroundings low-key. I don't need much around me. I'm easy don't need a lot of racket.
You can't stop me in bump. And you definitely can't stop me playing off. You just try to contain me and stop me from getting a lot of catches.
I don't want records. I want a Super Bowl ring.
My concentration and focus level tends to go down sometimes when I'm in a bad mood.
I'm starting to realize I can't practice a certain way during the week and expect to play another way on Sunday.
People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
I love the game so much. I've been penalized. I've been fined. I have some regrets in my career. But for those four hours on Sunday, you can be free and just let it all go. Retiring had nothing to do with football; it had to do with my family.
I think I played in Lambeau maybe 14, 15 times. I've played there a lot of times. It's in the teens, double digit. I've had success on that field, won and lost.
It's not my fault that people don't know me. I'm going to speak my mind, no matter what the consequences are.
I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.
What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
To all my critics, you get paid to be negative.
I'm from West Virginia. If you didn't know what was happening in NASCAR, you were on the outside. NASCAR is a big league sport, but it's still also country and redneck.
Well, I've learned a lot from Bill Belichick. I've said time and time again, before I got to New England, I thought I knew a lot about football. But I think he taught me a lot from A to Z. I still carry it to this day.
Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?
The New England Patriots have always been a special organization and I've always watched from afar.
I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
I don't know how many more times I'll be in New England again. But I leave coach Belichick and those guys with a salute: 'I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out.'
If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
And it hurts as a player, that you put a lot of hard work in during the week, and at the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that's when they acknowledge about the hard work that you put in throughout the week. That's actually a disappointment.
When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
I always forgive, but I never forget.
When you're rich you don't write checks.