Quotes About Preparation

I get that every game. High school. At Duke. When I do the introductions, I get a little butterflies. Once I step on the floor, I'm fine.

I want to play, I wanted to finish out the games, but I've got to make sure I'm right before I step out on the floor.

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

I go out there every day, take early batting practice, fly balls.

Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter.

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

I just really just try to get better as a player every week, just focusing on the team we have to play this week, and just trying to do whatever is best for the team that week.

I've always just tried to have a routine and go out there and compete every fifth day, and that's really what I'm focusing on.

From watching the draft and following the NFL closely, anything can happen in the draft. But to me, it's not where I get drafted that matters to me, to be completely honest.

It's easy for me to look groomed, because I start the day on This Morning and have to be made up - so the rest of the day just follows from there.

I'm fond of chitterlings, but they have to be carefully prepared.

You shouldn't eat anything new on race days. Eat simple foods, and ones that you can easily digest.

There are times where I am trying to make the big play before I even catch the football.

As for myself, you never know what is round the corner in football.

I think it's very important that you don't start thinking about your life after football when you are 33 or 34. There are many more amazing things in this world, and it's important to think about these things before you retire.

I always have at least 10 index cards with me every time I watch college football games on Saturdays.

As a football player, you would like to play each match.

As football players, our bodies know exactly what time of year it is and what we need to be doing.

August 1 is the beginning of football season to me.

As a football team, we don't have any backups. We don't consider anybody a backup.

My attitude as a footballer was to always be prepared - make sure you're the fittest and know who you're up against. And that's exactly how I treat the media side.

I think having a back-up plan is never a bad thing. I would hate to be a male footballer and look back on 15 years of my career and think, 'Oh well, I've got a lot a money but what now?'

If there is something I would go back and change it would have been to have lined up some other interest outside to go into after football. That's one bit of advice I give to young professional footballers, to set that up.