Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American footballer Brandon Jacobs.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Brandon Christopher Jacobs is a former American football running back, who spent the majority of his career with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Coffeyville, Auburn, and Southern Illinois. He was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and won two Super Bowl rings with the team, both against the New England Patriots. He also played one season for the San Francisco 49ers before returning to New York for his final season.
It's a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment.
It's a big thing back in my hometown about me being here. There are a lot of people behind me.
Just one thing has to change, and that's me staying healthy.
I fought as a kid. But football is what kept me out of trouble. You could always fight, whether you're in trouble or not
My life has always been rapid and crazy. It has just gotten a little faster.
Here I am as a running back, making a pretty good living, actually doing pretty good.
I can be mean. Not dirty. But very mean.
Sometimes I talk, I say things, and I'm like, 'Maybe this won't happen, but I'm going to make myself believe it.'
I have a soft side that I like people to see. I'm not mean. That's just football. That's just the way you've got to go. You can't go into a game that is that violent and be soft. You can't be that way.
I'm not really trying to break the bank like some other people. I just want what's fair.
I'm looking to show people I'm a running back.
I want it to be so that when No. 27 is out there, they don't know what's going on because I do it all.
I'm not being conceited or anything, but we have a great team.
I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts. I can read the body language of linebackers. I study film to see who's a bull rusher and who's a finesse rusher. I think I've learned.
Today is a good day to be a GIANT!!! Hell everyday is a good day to be a GIANT!! Y'all have a blessed day
I just want to be happy. I want to be happy and be able to finish my career in the right way.
If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about.
I can be in the NFL as long as any other back. I went late in the draft because no one thought I could do it.
The stuff I went through at Auburn? It didn't matter anymore. I just wanted to play football.
I'm getting ready to change a lot of opinions about me.
Some coaches think they know everything, but they really don't. They tell you what they think is best, but it's really what's best for them.