MARQUISE GOODWIN

A lot of people think track, you just run, that's all you do. No. There's a lot of technical aspects to it as well. A sprinter is not just going to get out of the blocks and start running. You do that, you're going to get embarrassed every time.

My father was never really a big part of my life, he ended up passing away a few years ago, my biological father. And the guy I consider my dad, he was incarcerated for a crime he didn't even commit, which is part of the reason I protest.

It's either join the workforce or become a professional athlete, and I'd rather be a pro athlete.

My teammates give me a hard time about that all the time, 'Hey, if you catch the ball and get in an open field, I want you to long jump from the 10 into the end zone.'... I might make it happen one of these days.

I'm always hesitant to make any serious moves because you never know how the N.F.L. will treat you, you know?

I can't dwell on something that has nothing to do with football at all - it will hold me back.

I have a lot of things going for me, I try to be a well-rounded role model.

I'm just blessed to be able to be alive, to be able-bodied and be able to play this game.

I'd love it to be in Buffalo. I love football. But I know how important it is to live your life like you want to.

Who am I just to give up on track? This is something I've dreamed about since I was 9 years old, being an Olympic champion.

Obviously, I'm going to graduate college. So if sports don't work out, I'll have something to fall back on.

When the ball is in the air, my job is to catch it, no matter where it's at, no matter how it is, no matter how difficult or how easy, you've just got to make it.

I haven't quite mapped it out yet, but working out and training is my lifestyle.

I told myself at some point that I've got to hold it down for my family. I can't let work and the check and the money dictate decisions that I truly want to make.

If you have to cheat to win, it doesn't mean as much as if you did it on natural abilities and hard work.

After choosing football so many times, I feel like I'm inclined to make the right decision by finally choosing my family first, and that's real talk.

I don't think anybody in any sport ever sucks. You're an athlete. You're a professional.

I'm tough. I have taken on hits, I've blocked. I even got MVP for blocking one game and I didn't even touch a ball that game.

I knew when I met Morgan that she was the perfect girl because she was in college, she was an athlete and we had the same morals and beliefs and I knew that she would be a great mom.

My relationship with my sister is closer than white on rice.

I don't compare myself with anybody.

No matter what the outcome is, as long as you pray to Him and be genuine - because He knows when you're genuine and when you're not - and maintain the faith, I think things will turn around for you. I know things will turn around for you. And ultimately, you will always be victorious when it's all said and done.

At the end of the day, all I can focus on is doing what I need to do, as a player, to help the team win.

I don't want to get too much on the football side and gain weight, so I'm as fast on the field.

A lot of sprinters aren't football players. I'm a football player. That's the difference between me and a sprinter. My knowledge of the game. I'm totally different than any other track guy.