Quotes from Adam Thielen

Whatever play is called, I go run the route.

I want to be respected based on how I play.

In this league, it's all about being close to 100 percent on game day.

I would not be in the NFL, 100 percent, if it wasn't for basketball. I probably wouldn't be where I am without golf and baseball. Golf, for the mental side of the game, being able to focus on the now and take one shot at a time.

It doesn't matter who you are in this league: You're always trying to have a bigger role. Anybody who said they weren't trying to do that would be lying.

Money is good and everything, but championships are what it's about.

I've always been a very observant person, a visual person. That's my way of learning. Things on paper, notes and things like that, don't help me the same way as watching things live.

When we go out, we have our favorite places, and the great thing about Minnesota is that most Minnesotans are pretty respectful of your time when you're with your family.

I'm the kind of person who always has a Plan B. I don't want to go into anything without another option.

I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

I played college football for free. I had to pay to play, really.

We know how hard it is to get to the playoffs in general, and then to get to the NFC Championship Game. You just never know if you'll have the opportunity again, so you really want to make the most of it.

The players have got to make the plays.

You have to be able to make plays.

I'm going to try to go out and do my best, and I'm going to try and compete every play.

As a competitor, as an athlete, you want the ball to come to you.

As a competitor, when you have a bad play, all you want is to get the ball again and get going.

I have a lot of confidence. I'm a competitor.

I think everybody individually does things a little differently. As a quarterback, every quarterback has their strengths and their weaknesses.

I really am genuinely happy for guys that get paid and have success when they actually work their tails off.

By the time the season's over, I'm ready to get back in the weight room and start training as far as getting stronger.

If I get a target, I want the ball in my hands.

I think there's a lot of people that still don't believe in me, and obviously, I love proving people wrong and helping the football team win games any possible way I can.

I had no idea the Vikings were interested. I was actually expecting other teams because the Green Bay Packers and three or four other teams asked for film after the combine in Dallas, and the Vikings weren't one of them.