Quotes About Commitment

I feel like after my incident, it really made me realize football is not here forever. I'm all the more anxious to come out here and let my teammates know, 'Look, hey, this is the same JPP. Missing fingers aren't going to stop me from playing some ball.'

I can control how hard I play. This is how I respond to coaching. This is how I respond to my teammates. If I focus on that, the other things that come with that are going to come.

I don't play for myself. I play for my teammates and play for the people that helped me get to where I am. I know they're watching me every week, and I want to play for them. It's just in my heart, and that's who I am.

I try to come in, try to defend, help on defense, play as hard as possible and do whatever my coach and my teammates tell me and try to listen and get better.

I'm just out there supporting my teammates, but when I'm out there, I'm going to lay it out on the line.

I pursued to have my team win as much as we could, and it doesn't happen without great teammates.

I work hard each and every summer, each and every day on my game to become a better player for my teammates, for the organization. Hard work always pays off.

I have amazing teammates, amazing coaches around me, and all I have to do is go play as hard as I could and play for one another, play for those guys and not look at the scoreboard, not look at the time.

Are you playing for your teammates and coaches? That's how it should be.

I'm just trying to live in the moment and do the best I can for myself and for my teammates, and that's all I can really focus on.

Man, I'm always going to back up my teammates.

I love my teammates. I'm never going to try and let them down.

If I hit a bad punt, and some guys don't make a tackle, and I have to make a tackle for them, that's my opportunity to step up for my teammates.

I love making the big play. I love being out there with my teammates. I love the camaraderie. I can't say I always love practice. But it's a means to an end.

I want to see given extra effort, pulling for your teammates: those are the kinds of things we're shooting for and we're going for because that's what we need.

When you play injured, you're still judged like you're 100 percent. You know you can't do all you want to, but you want to get back to help your teammates.

I expect to work hard, earn the respect of my teammates and hopefully I can start.

We want players to come in who respect their teammates, the club, the history.

If I don't play, that's fine as long as we're winning I'm going to cheer my teammates on.

If I'm not on the court, I have to be there to cheer my teammates on and from the sideline be there mentally and keep guys locked in and focused.

I trust my teammates and their ability to be there when they have to be there. I'm going to be there when I have to be there for them.

We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.

This is how I see myself, as a player that at the end of the day, whether I have a letter or not, I know that when we're in overtime or it's a deciding moment in the game my teammates are looking at me to step up. To me that's all I need to know.

For me, Ramadan is not an easy time because it's a time when I need to work much harder, because I need to help my teammates. That's the way I see things.