Athletic Role Quotes

My body size and everything was perfect for being a heavyweight wrestler rather than being a linebacker.

I am one of the last true centers in the NBA, and it's a title that I enjoy to hold.

I'm a left tackle. I like playing left tackle. That's my position. I think I can do it better than anybody.

I was a forward, a center my whole life.

I don't want to just shoot 3s. I'm not that type of player.

It's the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age - he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers. We all wanted to be like him.

I think athletically I can be okay with any role, but I'm willing to go over and beyond for my work. My fan base is so strong and loyal, and they wanna see me evolve. I'm where I'm supposed to be and I want to challenge myself with the people that are doing it real big.

I was a receiver until I was a freshman in high school. I didn't play quarterback until I was a freshman.

My job is to score goals.

I am not now, nor will I ever be, a candidate for offensive coordinator of Iowa.

I view myself as more than a running back.

I always think of myself as a point guard.

But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.

I feel like I've always been doubted or slighted. Let's be honest. When you're a walk-on, you don't start for a No. 1 team, a national championship contender. You just don't. A walk-on is a guy who plays scout team, who's just happy to be on the team.

Being a presence on the defensive end, I know that's important to me, I have to establish that.

I'm happy to be back out on the court. Whatever role that I'll be in and whatever minutes that I get, I'm just grateful to be playing a game I love again.

If you're a punter or a kicker, you don't have a lot of film study to do. There's not a lot of things to watch. You're just going to kick the ball.

Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.

I think when coaches look at me, they don't see a prototypical running back.

My job is to just focus on basketball and you know, I don't really get a chance to really pick and choose who I play with.

In college I played power forward because I was one of the biggest guys on the team and my versatility allowed me to do that.

I know that my job is to score runs, and I will continue to do that.

Everyone has got a perception of what a footballer is and, because I am a certain size, that I can only play one way - as a battering ram.

Being out there, I know how to play the game and know my spots. Just get rebounds, block shots, defend.

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!