Steve Largent
Steve Largent
Stephen Michael "Steve" Largentis a retired American football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former Republican politician, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma, from 1994 until 2002. Prior to his political career, Largent was a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League for his entire 14-season professional football career. He held several all-time receiving records when he retired...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth28 September 1954
CountryUnited States of America
While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.
When you are playing, it is so hard to think about what life will be like after football. I understand. When you are playing, and you are young, you think you can play your whole life. You think it will never change. But it will change. You can't play forever. No one can.
We are seeing tremendous growth in data revenue. Music, game playing, text messaging and content downloads are beginning to show impressive financial results,
I've got a ton of stories about Chuck Knox, ... Over the course of my playing career, there was nobody that I learned to respect and appreciate more than I did Chuck Knox.
It's amazing, when I look back on my career, how often he was dead-on in his prediction of what we needed to do to be successful,
I totally reject the big-tent mentality that's within the Republican Party today, because if big tent means you have no principles, no core values, no convictions that are absolutely rock solid, then it's the wrong movement,
When you start thinking about taking pictures, sending an e-mail, receiving an e-mail, speaking into your phone and have it transcript voice into text and then sent as an e-mail, it's mind-boggling.
This study is strong evidence that lightly regulated, competitive markets are the most efficient and cost effective way to deliver consumers the innovative products they want and need, and in doing so, the industry is able to create enormous economic benefits in the form of job creation and tax revenue,
I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.
Football players should always remember there's a whole lot more to life.
When I look back over my career, having an opportunity to compete against really good players like Lester Hayes are some of the highlights.
I can't tell you how important it is for people on the public stage to utilize that stage in a constructive, positive way. When you're in the public eye, you have a decision to make - whether you are going to be an influence or not.
I'm not bragging, but just going Sunday to Sunday, it will be a real rare game when I don't catch a pass.
We're not in the business of shaping consumer demand. We respond to it.