Political Quotes

“late last week, the Member of Congress from the First District in the State of Oklahoma [Steve Largent] was voted into the National Football League's Hall of Fame in the first year during which he was eligible for that honor. While Mr. Largent represents a State a long way from my own State of Washington, his entire National Football League career was, of course, as a member of the Seattle Seahawks. And so for many years, for more than half of the year he was a resident of the Puget Sound region. Very rarely have so many distinctions come to a person of the age of Steve Largent, as an outstanding football player, both in college and in the National Football League, as an elected Member of the Congress of the United States, and as a person with a great deal of fame. Rarely, I may say, has anyone so deserved those honors. I think Steve Largent would be the first to say that he was far from the fastest or the most gifted person playing in the National Football League, but due to a tremendous amount of self-discipline and dedication, he became one of the most outstanding persons in our generation to play that fascinating game.”