"I realize what this game means. I cherish the crap out of it. I don't give a crap if you have a Hall of Fame bust, if you've been a Pro Bowler or win 20 Super Bowls. At the end of the day, we're all gonna die."
"But Tom Brady isn't gonna save your eternal soul!"
"Roger Goodell is the clown on Coach Payton's shirt."
"He's an elite player, plays hard, found some holes in our defense in the first half and pretty much the third quarter. In my opinion, just thinking back, we eliminated [Edelman], even though he got yardages. We just have to not allow points to get on the board and give our offense more opportunities to score."
"Detroit Lions remain undefeated in Super Bowl's 53-year history."
"I've seen all the Super Bowls. I've watched everybody. All of us are in here tonight because of one person: Tom Brady. If Tom Brady wasn't living, y'all could be in the Super Bowl … that tighten y'all up a little bit?"
"They said it wasn't fun here. They said it wasn't fun here. This seems pretty fun to me."
"Over the course of this week leading up to the Super Bowl, we had the headlines in our building of 'The Patriots dynasty is done,' 'This defense isn't any good,' 'Tom's too old.' All of you said that and you were wrong."
"It was a great party. It was right at the hotel. I got back, changed, went down, had a lot of friends there. Everyone got to celebrate together. Then we went and watched at the concert a bunch of the performances. We certainly had more drinks than I've probably had in a whole year combined in one night."
"I don't remember [Super Bowl 36]. I was being a kid at that time, probably running around the house or in the yard. I didn't even know about football at that time. I didn't have a clue what sports was like when I was 5."
-- In a pre-Super Bowl concert event in Atlanta, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft hopped onstage to dance with Cardi B to her song "Bartier Cardi."
-- At the Patriots Super Bowl afterparty, Kraft introduced rapper Snoop Dogg to the audience, who had a unique description of the New England owner.
-- At the Championship Parade on Tuesday, Kraft sported an enormous, diamond-studded chain that read "Championships." The chain belongs to Philadelphia-based rapper Meek Mill, who made the chain to memorialize his most recent album of the same name and lent it to Kraft after the Super Bowl after party.
-- New England Patriots safeties Devin McCourty and Duron Harmon taunt Philadelphia Eagles tackle Lane Johnson from atop their Super Bowl float. Johnson famously said last year he'd "much rather have fun and win a Super Bowl than be miserable and win five Super Bowls."
-- Multi-time NFL champion coach Bill Belichick greets multi-time NBA champion player LeBron James.
Huh? That link doesn't mention a trade at all, even as a jest or rumor or pure speculation.
It didn't, but I said it in jest. I know, I know, 2/10.
:"____ confirmed!!!!" over a non-confirming but somehow related event has become a meme of our times.