Nick Ferguson Quotes

I was pretty realistic about my chances of being drafted.

I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team.

I had little or no expectations coming in. I was thrilled when I was drafted in the first round because that meant I was going to be given a full year's chance to make the team.

That's a special time, to get drafted.

I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy.

I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.

When I came out in the draft, people kept asking me, 'So are you a small forward or a power forward?' and I was like, 'I'm a basketball player.' Period.

I wasn't ready to get drafted in the first round.

I've given it all from my combine to my pro day to my meetings with teams.

I didn't even care where I was drafted.

I want to be drafted to a team that knows exactly what they're getting.

There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college.

I didn't expect to be dropped by England.

At one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough.

Draft day is a hectic day, especially for draftees and, more or less, for management.

I was a borderline guy in the NFL.

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

I thought I had a shot to play for the Dolphins.

I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.

If it wasn't for finding out that my right leg could kick a ball really far, which is what I did, I am 100 percent certain that I would be attempting to be or would be a professional wrestler.

Among the clubs that most wanted to recruit me were Marseille and Leicester.

I think, at 32, you are past your prime as a footballer.

I didn't think of football growing up. This wasn't my career, something I chose. It was something I was picked in.

I miss the preparation for game week and all the things. I miss the draft and getting prepared for that. I grew up in this business, that's all I've ever known.

I started playing for a team called Cosmos in the Tandridge League before I went for a two-week trial with Palace. They must have liked what they saw.