Quotes About Growth

Part of what makes college football great is what you learn playing it. Being selfless, learning how to go through adversity as a group, learning about perseverance.

You only get better by playing.

My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before.

I'm gonna have some nights when it's not gonna come. But if you keep playing natural, it's just gonna come. I'm gonna keep getting better, keep getting better, and one day, everything's gonna pay off.

My best score ever is 103, but I've only been playing 15 years.

I can't imagine as a rookie actually playing good football. I went through it.

The more games you play and are playing well consistently, you get more confident.

But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.

You don't want a character who sits on an even playing field the whole time.

I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.

This game has done a lot for me personally. I've said this before, football really leveled the playing field for me as a person.

Playing games and watching film, I've been able to see the improvements I can make and how much better I can be. It's exciting to think about it.

When I first got drafted, I've really grown. Coming in, I was kind of nervous but honestly I've been really blessed going to two playoff series, one against Miami and the next year against Chicago and the Celtics. I've progressed easier.

It's easy to go somewhere where everything already is set up and they've been to the playoffs four, five years in a row. I've been on those teams. Those are great experiences.

Experience I think is a big part of getting better and being a better team and going to the playoffs and toward the championship for sure.

When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of difference.

After going through the playoffs, you definitely get a sense for how important it is to go through it at least once before you win.

There's nothing that can teach you about the playoffs besides going through it.

It's the NHL playoffs, I'm 20 years old, I'm finding it out the hard way that playoffs aren't easy.

We went through a whole lot in Washington, from winning 28, 29 games to going to the second round of the playoffs in two years. That was a tough time and a great time as well. Early, like my first year, it was really tough, because to be honest with you, I didn't want to be there.

Guys really do get better as the playoffs go along.

Every time you don't make the playoffs, you have something inside that you want to prove again next year.

Whether it's the playoffs, whether it's not the playoffs, it doesn't matter as long as we're getting better.

There are going to be losses. There are going to be bad plays. There are going to be mistakes.