STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI

I prefer New York style pizza.

A lot of times guys have the tendency to try to kick it too hard or over-kick it. Just like a golf swing, the harder you try to hit it the less chance you have at it going straight.

My curveball is a C-.

I think a pitcher in baseball is the most relatable position to a specialist in football, because you get a limited opportunity to prove your worth to the team.

There's multitudes of factors of why a kick can go in or not.

I try to take the mental aspects of every sport that I've ever played and use it toward kicking, how to react in certain situations.

In athletics, I've gone through ups and downs my whole life.

The way the field feels like before the game isn't like what the field is during the game.

There was a time where I was such a perfectionist even if I made the kick, but that's no way to live. I can tell you what, that will drive you crazy. I'm very hard on myself, but if the ball goes in a little bit left of the middle, you're not going to hear me crying about it.

Sometimes there are really severe conditions like super, super wind or crazy wind or something like that that you don't really get to practice for. But it's kind of you just show up and whatever you get in warm-ups, you kind of adjust to it and play as you go.

If I watch football, I just watch as a fan.

It's a high-pressure situation to be in my position, but I've kind of gravitated toward those positions in sports. It's nothing that I worry too much about. I'm not going to act like I have the most stressful job in the world. This is pretty darn fun.

I try to treat every kick the same and I want to make every kick, let alone the kick at the end of the game.

I personally love kicking off. It gives me another chance to get on the field.

When you're on a good team, you just want to do your part and know that they trust you.

I threw a good fastball and changeup, but a below-average curveball.

We all know someone who has been affected by cancer.

Just to keep my mind sharp. When you have like one job, you want to think about it enough to do well, but you can't over think it. It's not rocket science. It's just trying to kick the ball through the uprights.

I'm so blessed to have a chance to play 15 years in one spot. I know my position is different than most. But even in my position, guys that have played it this long, have probably already been with two or three different teams.

The hardest thing about kicking field goals sometimes is you don't know when you're going to play. You don't know what situation you're going to be in. I remember in the Atlanta Super Bowl, it's two weeks of the biggest buildup of your life, and I didn't step on the field until there was two seconds left in the second quarter.

You never want to leave points out on the field, especially in a game when you know it is going to be close.

You're only as good as your opportunities in this game and you're lucky to get some opportunities.

Any time I screw up I feel bad about it.

Two to four classes each offseason - just trying to chip away. There are times when I think, 'Man, I don't need to be doing this. Why am I doing this to myself?' But to fight through that and come out and make a good grade, it feels worth it. Hopefully something good comes out of it one day.

To take an hour or two per day while the kids are in school to read really isn't that tough to do once you get into the routine of it.