Top 46 Quotes & Sayings by Devlin Hodges

I wasn't a cradle Catholic, but a convert.

I've been watching some film, understanding what I can work on, what I can get better at.

Anytime the defense scores first - anytime the defense scores when I'm on the bench - that's big time. That takes a little pressure off.

I definitely think I'm better just for the simple fact that I feel like each and every day I can get better.

I'm good at extending plays and finding throwing lanes.

I don't have anything to lose. I was undrafted.

The confidence and the comfort level just comes with playing a lot and practicing. Obviously, the more you practice, the more you play, the more comfortable you get.

For the most part I'd say the Steelers called me Duck more than Devlin.

My dream is to play football as long as I can and that's what I want to do.

I know there are certain times you have to be smart with the football but I'm a gunslinger, I've always been a gunslinger and that's just what I'm gonna do.

The 2009 World Championship Duck Calling Contest, I won.

I just have a lot of belief in myself.

Every time you step in the stadium on Sunday, you're facing a good team. This is the NFL.

I've got a good, quick release.

The nerves are still there. I might just do a better job at hiding them.

My job is to win the game each and every week and that's what I want to do, and that's all I'm worried about.

If you'd have asked me five or six years ago when I first got the name, I'd have thought this is wild, a quarterback named Duck, but now it's cool.

I don't think I'm a bad player, but I've been playing bad.

That's something I do each and every day, come in and compete, just let it hang loose, and throw it.

It's as simple as taking care of the ball and doing whatever it takes to win.

I have always been a guy who is aggressive in throwing the ball.

I started hunting at 5 years old.

It's fun to say football is my job.

Sometimes you make plays, sometimes you don't.

When it comes to football, I always prepare like I'm going to be the guy.

It's something that I've always had as a kid. I've always believed in myself, no matter what other people say.

That can happen sometimes: We see what's good but need to be given the motivation or strength to do it when we're tired or distracted by something else. That's one of the major things a family is for, and I look forward to that with the family that I start one day.

It's honestly a dream come true to be on a team and a chance to start in a game, it's wild.

I may not always be the guy that's talking the most, but I think just how I walk around and how I play, people see that I'm having fun, enjoying it.

It's awesome to have the fans come up and say, 'Hey, Duck, what's up?' When people call me Devlin, it catches me by surprise.

Who wouldn't want to be the all-time passing leader in FCS? Or in school history? At the end of the day, if that's something I accomplish, that's awesome.

Whenever a play is called I'm going to be who I am. I'm going to be aggressive.

Obviously there is a professional side and you have to be locked in, but I need to make sure that I'm enjoying the game that I love so much and having fun.

I've always been this kind of calm, cool and collected.

Sometimes we can think it would be great to live around the time of Christ in order to be very close to him, but we already are very close to him in the Catholic Church.

Even when I went out to L.A. for the Chargers game, there was a couple guys there that had some kind of Duck stuff on, so I kind of expected it coming back to Heinz Field.

Being a Catholic in any way is great, but I feel particularly blessed to have served at the altar, where the work of Christ through the priest can be seen up close.

This is football. This is my job. At the same time there's a good balance you can have with having fun and getting prepared and ready for the game.

I played with the Pittsburgh Steelers this year, one of the most historic franchises in the NFL, and it is so cool and amazing.

The only traffic I had to deal with in Alabama was a tractor.

It helps, especially in college, and even now; having good playmakers around you.

The biggest thing for me is just get the win.

I told some people before, that if five years from now, or 10 years, if I am still playing in the NFL, this whole kind of story just fits who I am. It just shows that with hard work and confidence in yourself and belief in yourself, you can accomplish your dreams.

I'm just really glad that I've had a lot of help along the way.

No matter how you lose, you hate losing.

I'm a laid-back guy.