Quotes from Eric Reid

As long as you focus on getting better at one thing a day it accumulates.

Ever since the eighth grade, I can honestly say I cut out carbonated drinks from my diet and started focusing on hydrating my body well. It's a message that needs to get out, especially in the south.

We have to lower our guard and know saying something's wrong isn't a bad thing.

We want our president to be a president and not threaten to shut down the government over a wall. To change the oppression that happens in this country, it has no place in the world, let alone America.

Being from Louisiana, I'm very familiar with the heat and what it can do to you if you don't take care of your body.

It's really exciting for me and my brothers to watch the World Cup.

I love big hits.

At the end of the day, you're just another person in society. It doesn't matter how much fame you have. It doesn't matter how much money you have.

I feel like I would be a hypocrite not to use my platform to speak up for people who are facing oppression in this country. I did it and I still do it because I believe it's worth letting people know that if we do this together, if we stand up together we can make change.

I played a ton of special teams at LSU. I'm familiar with it, I'm comfortable doing it.

There's always opposition when you speak on topics like I'm speaking on. But I'm a black man in America. I grew up black in America. You can't tell me that what I've experienced and what I've seen is not true.

For me, when I make a mistake on the field, it hurts. I usually don't forget it until the same situation comes up and I make it right.

I believe that there are issues in this country - many issues, too many to name. It's not one particular issue. But there are people out there that feel there are injustices being made and happening in our country on a daily basis.

I'm from Louisiana, and I'm used to having space and a yard.

In the stands, I've always heard the people yelling. When I'm in the community, when I get approached, I can honestly say I've not had anybody say stop kneeling in public. It's all been supportive.

For one, when has Jay-Z ever taken a knee to come out and tell us that we're past kneeling? Yes, he's done a lot of great work, a lot of great social justice work. But for you to get paid to go into an NFL press conference and say that we're past kneeling? Again, asinine.

I can't imagine how traumatic it must be to have a gun pointed to your head for no reason at all.

You'll do anything for your child and that's what I'm doing.

All three of us boys, we grew up playing soccer. It was all of our first love. One of my coaches actually wanted me to try out for the U.S. national team, but I decided to quit to pursue football.

It's funny, you'll probably find me more often watching soccer than a football game, because I get enough football in my daily schedule.

I have a Mercedes, which is a pretty fast car. It's not a Lamborghini.

The goal is to talk about the issues that are happening in this country with the ultimate goal of making change.

Three of my uncles served in the Armed Forces.

I think that's awesome to have a former player in the GM role, somebody that not only understands the game of football but has played the game of football.