Quotes About Determination

Everyone said I would be a second-round pick or undrafted guy - that's all I heard coming to the draft - but I had a higher faith. I knew I was way better than that, better than how people pegged me.

A lot of people didn't really think I'd make it until the draft. The people that hate, that's a part of it. It makes me go out there and prove everybody wrong. I don't really get caught up in what they say.

I wasn't drafted high.

I'm not really too focused on where I get drafted. It's what I do after I get drafted.

I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.

I didn't even care where I was drafted.

I would always come back to 'Drag Race.' Whatever they want me for, I'll come back.

I think if you want to drag, you'll figure it out.

If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.

I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.

I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing.

I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.

If the play is drawn up for me, you better believe I'm going to go and try to win the game.

I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.

Iowa truly is a place where if you work hard, dream big, anything is possible.

You have got to dream big.

I love that I dream big and go after my dreams with all I've got to give.

You dream big and you figure out where you fall.

I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.

I never dreamed I'd be in Congress, or even in the NFL, for that matter. Well, I guess I dreamed about being in the NFL, but I didn't believe it would happen. I'm not the biggest guy. But I guess that's the story of my life.

I never, ever dreamed that I'd play in the NFL.

To be No. 1 is something I've dreamed of as a kid.

I've always dreamed big.

When I was 14, I started playing for Taye Academy in the city of Owerri, and then my whole life became football. I dreamed of playing for certain clubs, or going places I'd never been before, but I just kept my ambitions to myself because I never really expected that I could get to these places.