Quotes from Danny Amendola

I feel like pace is a huge part of being successful through preseason and then on into the season.

I tried to convert all my friends back in Houston to Patriots fans, which was successful to a small degree.

Patriots Nation is loud, they have sick accents.

I wish I could play Blackjack really well.

All my family's from Boston.

I lost my aunt to breast cancer.

Philly was a great opportunity because I met Pat Shurmur. I was very grateful for that. Unfortunately I wish I had more football memories there. I didn't play in any regular-season games, which sucks because I wanted to play.

I come into each and every game and every season with a chip on my shoulder.

If athletics wasn't an option, I'd probably work at like a surf shop in Hawaii on the beach, just dishing out surf boards.

Even though I'd been invited to the combine, I didn't test particularly well. That didn't really surprise me, I had I no expectation that I'd shock people with an insane 40 time. But I knew things weren't looking good when I started getting asked a lot of questions about the size of my hands.

My favorite player growing up was Wayne Chrebet, and the day I met him was one of the best days of my life. It's something I'll never forget, no matter who your role models are, no matter who you look up to.

I want to play football at a high level.

I've been on teams that never made it to the playoffs. It wasn't fun playing meaningless football.

I've been blessed to surround myself with good parents, and good people, and I think that's the secret: Surround yourself with people that are positive influences in your life that want to help and want to care.

I remember my first practice, from Pee Wee football when I was, like, 10, and I didn't know what was going on.

However you can affect somebody positively is what you should aspire to do.

Every play I'm competing my tail off to try to win the route, win the block or whatever my job is on that play.

Strengths, I believe deep down that I am a football player, just have to do whatever it takes to win games, whatever it takes to fulfill my role on the offense and help my team win games.

The toughest injury I've played with was I tore my planter fascia in my foot. As a receiver, as a skill position, anytime you get your wheels, so to speak, messed up, it's hard to play like you want to play.

I've played a lot of football in my life. I know the tempo and speed of the game.

I'm not the biggest dude, and I'm not the fastest dude.

I'm just trying to build a rapport with whoever is calling the play. That's my job.

My job is just to get open and catch the ball so I don't really focus on who the quarterback is. But I try to build a rapport with whoever is calling the plays.

I like clothes that you can't tell what era it is, clean, and something I can look back at in ten years and not say, like, 'what the hell was I thinking?!'