Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Danny Amendola - Page 2

I'm just trying to make sure if I get the ball in my hands I do something with it.

I want to play good football for a long time.

Positive thoughts - get where you need to go by thinking you're going to get there.

I've been blessed to surround myself with good parents, and good people, and I think that's the secret: Surround yourself with people that are positive influences in your life that want to help and want to care.

No question, I love the path I've taken.

I don't have any regrets in my career.

There's always adversity to overcome.

I've played a lot of football in my life. I know the tempo and speed of the game.

I've been on a 1-15 team.

I've been on teams that never made it to the playoffs. It wasn't fun playing meaningless football.

I believe that, deep down at heart, I'm a football player.

That's what I've learned the Patriots Way being: holding yourself accountable and attention to detail. It doesn't matter who you are, how long you've played, whether you're the nutritionist or starting quarterback, you're going to be held accountable, and you have a role.

Every play I'm competing my tail off to try to win the route, win the block or whatever my job is on that play.

I want to be part of something great.

Height is definitely an advantage no matter what position you are at.

It's a business. Everybody treats it like a business. You love playing football, you love being around the locker room, and that's really the most important thing for me.

Returning punts is one of my favorite things to do in the whole world. It's awesome. It's like playing on the highway.

I love playing football.

I learned a lot of different offenses in this league.

I understand what it feels like to be tired in a game because I was tired in practice, and I understand what my body can go through and how I can push my body mentally and physically, and that's something I really relate to.

I come into each and every game and every season with a chip on my shoulder.

Sometimes, things don't go your way. Sometimes, they do.

Baseball didn't really fit my personality as well as football does.

The way I operate as a football player and the product that I put on the field in relation to the business that I conduct, I want it to be as tough as possible in practice so when I get into the games I've been there before.

My job is just to get open and catch the ball so I don't really focus on who the quarterback is. But I try to build a rapport with whoever is calling the plays.

Boston will always have a place in my heart. I'll always call Boston home, regardless of what city I'm living in or what team I'm playing for.

I think back into when I was in college coming out, what I had to go through, the steps I had to make. And I still play with that chip on my shoulder to this day and I always will, so that's something that'll always stay with me.

I feel like the best of the best in any sport not only plays well, but they get everyone around them to play really well, and the best they can.

It's what makes everybody better, that pressure for a spot and competing.

Here in Austin, Texas, we live in sort of rolling hill country. And I get on my mountain bike, just cruise the hills, get on the trails.

Teams like the Patriots stress situational football moreso than a lot of other teams in the NFL.

I just love playing the game. I learned it from my father, and he taught me to play every play as hard as you can, whether it's a run or it's a pass. I'm not going to be able to play forever, so I might as well go all out when I am.

It's a physical game, and it's honestly a fight out there every play.

Every team communicates differently. Every verbiage is different on each team.

Philly was a great opportunity because I met Pat Shurmur. I was very grateful for that. Unfortunately I wish I had more football memories there. I didn't play in any regular-season games, which sucks because I wanted to play.

You come in on practice squad and you know you're not going to play in the game, you know you're not going to get any reps. It's frustrating... you don't want to just practice your whole life. You want to practice to play.

Cancer is a very real thing. it takes a lot of lives every year. It's something we can always pursue and try to find a cure, and try to raise money.

If you can't hold yourself accountable and get your job done then you're not going to be successful.

You can learn from your mistakes but you can't harp on the bad things, the negative things that have happened. But you definitely have to learn from them and get better and improve and progress as a football player.

I'm not the biggest dude, and I'm not the fastest dude.