Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Devin McCourty - Page 2

I'm a physical guy. I'm not scared to compete.

We love this country, but it doesn't mean we can't improve it.

Every time I've played in the postseason, it's another huge accomplishment that I want to take full advantage of and go out there and play my best for the team.

Something so simple as breakfast and eating the right things and making sure you eat breakfast was key to us, and it helped me specifically when I got to college to gain weight and get on the right nutritional plan.

I try to be an example for guys who first come into the league of how you can have a huge impact off the field and on the field. For me, I'm going to continue to try to do that.

I think adversity hits people and we all know what to do when adversity hits we keep praying and we find hope.

The StairMaster - that thing is tough, man. You put it on ten and just go.

My father was in the Army. My older brother was in the Army. Those men and women go out there and put their life on the line. I respect that.

When chasing success, you never know where it will take you.

We thought playing in the Super Bowl was nerve-racking until we went to the Massachusetts State House to testify for an education bill.

There's no individual that's bigger than the team.

As we've gotten older, we've used resistance bands more and more.

I'm proud to be a part of the NFL.

When you go into a different stadium, you know there's no home crowd, there's no energy coming from the crowd for your side.

I think the NFL is always going to put their interests in front of everything.

It's always good to get back to football.

Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result.

It's the NFL. It's simple. You either get it better or you have to look for a new job, so I think we all understand that.

I think in this league, that's how it works. You're either getting better or you're getting worse.

We've been playing football for so many years that people kind of forget we're also college-educated, so we know how to get something, study it, go out there and try to inform people.

As a DB you're trained to never look for a flag.

I believe in this country. I love this country.

If you're trying one thing and that's not working, try something else.

Obviously Massachusetts has one of the best public school systems in the country. But there are schools, like in Brockton, where kids are struggling because they just need more funding.

My mom has done an awesome job with all my brothers of instilling in us how to give back, how to make a difference. Everything I do is to try and make her proud.

I always think if you're blessed and you've got great opportunities for some reason, you really should go and try to pass that blessing on to other people and go on and try to give them opportunities they wouldn't have and try to be that blessing.

I truly believe what we do off the field has a way bigger impact than going out there and winning games.

I never thought I could play safety in the NFL.

Like I always say, the goal every day is not to get fired.

Don't lose sight of what made you who you are.

That's a part of being a good football team and being good players is when it's time to go play and turn what you've practiced, what you've watched, into the game reality, we've got to go do that.

When it comes down to why we play football, we play to win.

I think as you get older, you realize football as a whole isn't guaranteed.

At the end of the day, when you have more points than the other team, you win. So, defensively, it's all about not giving up touchdowns. It's about trying to keep them off the board.

I think when you look at the NFL, I think people try to highlight the negative things. So, I think anything that brings a positive light to our game and to the men that go out here and sacrifice and put their bodies on the line and still use their free time to give back and help other people out, I think that's what it's about.

Like I've always said, there's a lot that goes into being a football player that isn't the playbook and being on the field, but having everything worked out in your personal life.

Rutgers didn't want me at first, but they wanted Jay. So I did what any smart sibling would do - I rode his coattails all the way onto the banks of the ol' Raritan.

In the beginning of my Rutgers journey, I had to learn fast that I would have to continue to redefine success. I had to understand that things would not just come to me.

Don't just be successful, but redefine success and then do it again.