Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Julian Edelman - Page 2

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Julian Edelman.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I got beat up my whole life.
I don't even enjoy football, at least professional football, anymore because I'm breaking the game down constantly. You're sitting there watching the plays, and you're talking mental reps on what would I have done here against this coverage or this leverage, this, that. It is what it is.
You can't worry about what other people say, honestly. — © Julian Edelman
You can't worry about what other people say, honestly.
Dating isn't easy.
As a rookie, I had changed positions. In college, I was a quarterback, and I had never played other positions.
The regular season is awesome. It's fun. But postseason, that intensity and adrenaline you get from it is a lot.
Everyone's got talent at the level we're at. But being a smart, tough football player - there's a huge premium for that.
It's not fun to watch your team go out, and guys that you've worked so hard with, and the countless hours you've put in on your own time to go and showcase all your hard work, and then have it taken from you and then see your boys playing without you.
I guess you could say I'm kind of Jewish but not really.
I'm not completely Jewish, if you know what I mean. I know people want me to be. My father is Jewish. My mother isn't.
When Dad stopped playing in a rock band and was done chasing that dream, he devoted himself to his family. I would love to do the same thing - just without driving a 1991 Suburban and wearing sweatpants, a fanny pack, and six-year-old Pumas.
You don't grow up saying you wanna play in the CFL.
I have fun outside the game. — © Julian Edelman
I have fun outside the game.
It's been a privilege to get to watch one of sports greatest athletes prepare and get to play with him; honestly... it's a dream. I remember being in eighth grade saying, 'I'm Tom Brady,' on the asphalt at recess, you know, playing football.
I can say playing for the New England Patriots has been the highlight of my life.
There's no one more valuable for me to learn from than Tom and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, in a lot of ways. Every time I'm around them, I learn. The way they are with their kids, the way they make time to spend with each other, they are just good people.
I like looking at clothes, and I like going to shows and seeing new, fashion-forward stuff.
The draft is an exciting time.
If you give me six tries, I can probably land a kick flip.
I wear a lot of sweatshirts and joggers in the winter and gym shorts and tees in the summer. I really appreciate something that is easy to slip on and chill out in.
The Patriots do a great job of establishing a common rhetoric of working hard and working for the men that stand next to you on the field.
If it's a trip for pleasure, I always go with a comfortable outfit.
Sometimes durability's better than ability, especially in this crazy sport.
When I was growing up, I was a huge San Francisco 49ers fan. The New England Patriots have a similar mold and plan to win a lot of games - reminiscent to that Bill Walsh era.
I would say the greatest challenge, for me, had been my rookie year and learning my spot. It is an emotional battle, as you have good days and bad days. Being young and thrown into this big business is challenging.
I am definitely a 'denim first' guy.
It's one thing to be 100 percent and go out and play football feeling great. It's another thing when you're not feeling good. You're sick, or you got a nagging injury, and you gotta go out in the cold and go across the middle where a guy's coming full speed at you trying to kill you.
I try to live by the 80/20 rule - 80% clean, 20% cheat. During the week and while I train, I eat as clean as possible. But I always like myself a good cheat day, which includes a juicy burger.
Boston is really just a cool place to play.
Psychologically, for an athlete to miss a game because of injury, it's tough.
I started to get addicted to the Jerry Rice mentality. I can get up before anyone else does. I can outwork anyone. — © Julian Edelman
I started to get addicted to the Jerry Rice mentality. I can get up before anyone else does. I can outwork anyone.
I like to leisurely cruise around town on a longboard.
I love my dad.
Bill Belichick has been an awesome, awesome guy to learn from.
I'm a California kid.
I definitely follow fashion and trends and will sporadically add them to my wardrobe in an organic way. But my style, at its core, is a minimal, clean, and timeless look.
Devin McCourty - he's got his own style: he always wears a nice fitted suit and mixes up his colors. He's got some game when it comes to the fashion world.
Why can't we make NFL apparel cool for every day instead of only wearing it on game day?
Peapod is a great company to work with.
Nowadays with the injury that I have, it's not easy, but the technology and procedures are so much more advanced than they have been in the last 20 years. They're getting unbelievable results and I'm anticipating I'll get those same results and come back stronger.
One of the reasons I wanted to write a memoir was because I'm tired of telling my story. [Laughs] So I can say, here, read it, this is everything that happened. There are a bunch of cool stories of the transition of me becoming a receiver from a quarterback in college to being a special teams guy, a role player, to working my way to the role I've earned now.
If you put in the time, you’ll see the rewards. — © Julian Edelman
If you put in the time, you’ll see the rewards.
I mean, I think everyone at this level has a chip on their shoulder. Everyone's got a story. Everyone has had to go through some adversity to get to where they are at so, I guess, we all do.
Writing the book was a pretty cool thing to go through, it really made me think of how crazy a journey it really was for this kid from Redwood City, Calif. When I was 12 years old, I was practicing my signature, but did I ever think I'd be a two-time Super Bowl champ, playing on arguably one of the best franchises of all time with the best quarterback of all time, for the best coach of all time?
Most people don't understand football is a 12-month job. In the off-season - you can attest this with the people from Joe's - anytime we did a shoot or anything, it had to be after 2:00. Because from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., it's football training - get your body worked on, things like that. Then you go into the organized team activities in the spring, you work with your teammates and that's where your bonding comes from. You mold your cohesiveness.
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