"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.'"
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Then he pivots to "coach Belichick and those guys" - pointedly informal, almost locker-room casual. Belichick is a monument in Patriots lore, but Moss doesn’t genuflect. He nods. The respect is there, yet it’s kept at arm’s length, the way pros protect themselves from sounding like they’re auditioning for a nostalgia montage.
The salute itself is a tight three-beat progression: "I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out". Love is the big, disarming word - surprising from a player with Moss's reputation for volatility and bluntness. "I miss you" lands like a pre-grief, spoken before the separation has even fully happened, which is the real emotional tell. "I'm out" snaps the door shut. It's not "goodbye", not "thank you", not "until next time". It’s control.
Context matters: Moss’s Patriots stint was both peak performance and a complicated relationship with the league’s most disciplined machine. This quote reads like a veteran reclaiming the narrative on his way offstage: affection offered, vulnerability admitted, exit finalized on his terms.
Quote Details
| Topic | Friendship |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Moss, Randy. (2026, January 16). 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.'. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-know-how-many-more-times-ill-be-in-new-98146/
Chicago Style
Moss, Randy. "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.'." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-know-how-many-more-times-ill-be-in-new-98146/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"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.'." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-know-how-many-more-times-ill-be-in-new-98146/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.



