Quotes from Adam Vinatieri

I think if I take care of my body it should continue to work the same way.

Coming from a small South Dakota school, it was a different route to get to the NFL. I went from South Dakota State to the World League of American Football with the Amsterdam Admirals, and fortunately I did well enough there that the New England Patriots decided to sign me and give me a chance.

I learned early that it's very important to approach every single kick you attempt, even those in practice, as if it were in a game.

Coach Parcells challenged me a lot in my rookie year, and not just in games. Almost every day in practice, he'd stand right beside me as he called for the field-goal team to take the field.

To be able to play a couple of decades, I never thought I'd play that long.

Making the playoffs is hard to come by, so if you can help contribute to your team's success it's always a successful time.

When you have an opportunity to help your team in crunch time - as a kicker - that's a dream come true.

I just try to help my team win the best I can.

Looking back on it, I'm extremely blessed to play on two very good teams, with great quarterbacks and owners.

Proof is the product that you put on the field.

I'd love to be on 'Man vs. Wild.'

If you do something enough with purpose long enough, you're eventually going to get really good at it.

One thing I always noticed out of Bill Parcells is that he always wanted a good class of blue-collar, hardworking guys that he felt like he could win games with that way... When the difficult times came about he knew who was going to perform.

As a football player, as a kid and as a professional athlete the moment of playing in the Super Bowl and winning a Super Bowl, that's what you play your whole career for.

Eleven wins is hard to come by.

I think the most important asset to kicking is being mentally headstrong.

I don't know if I'm ever going to quit playing football. I'm just kidding.

Living in Indy, you have to be a race fan.

I think the thing is that kickers are getting better.

Selective amnesia is a good thing to have. So is good focus.

Obviously this all-time leading scorer thing I knew was out there and I thought, 'Man, if I stay healthy, I would like to reach that goal.'

On teams that have won championships and got to the big game, there's a certain vibe and feel in that locker room. Everyone talks about how there's a brotherhood in that locker room, there's not a lot of dissent, there's not guys that go off on their own. It's a team atmosphere.

There's some guys - Michael Jordan and Mariano Rivera and Tiger Woods - that were blessed with the ability just to be... great.

I think you can develop your ability to be clutch, if that's the word that you will use, your ability to focus and to be able to block out all the external stuff.