Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Nnamdi Asomugha - Page 2

From what I came from, all the negative criticism - that keeps me from embracing that title of being the best. Because I always feel like there is another level I have to get to.

Obviously, teams are passing a lot more, and there are rules that... allow the offense to be more explosive, so you want to have as many defensive players and defensive playmakers and defensive backs that you can.

I've had a chip on my shoulder every year that I've played.

I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.

The leadership qualities that you have to have to be a producer on a film is something I learned being a captain on the team.

Anybody can be beaten by one pass once. Are you getting beat by that same pass multiple times in the same game? That answer is no.

There's a way to speak your mind. You don't just go off and say whatever you feel is right. You have to say what you feel is right and say it if it's something that works for the team.

You know in acting you have those moments in a movie where a character yells or breaks down crying and you're like, wow, that's acting?

I know so many people who've been through situations where they've gone from one career to another and have had such a tough time because they didn't have any support doing it.

I was really close with Rob Ryan, so I know that Rex, being his twin, would be very similar to him.

I always grade myself hard.

I don't talk smack because I feel like it's a waste of energy.

I tell people all the time that football taught me about life in every single aspect.

You walk into a room and there's already judgment. You know, like football players can't act or you're going to come in and be stiff.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

When a team wants you, you can feel it.

When I speak, the things that I'll say will mean something. And if it's not going to mean anything, I won't say it.

Ultimately, the Niners just felt at the end of the day like the right place to be. I was really impressed with the way they run their organization, impressed with the winning, impressed with coaches and players. Everything felt like it was in line.

Even when we were little, we were always helping, going to feed the homeless, community drives, that type of stuff.

I give my all for the sport, and I just don't like it when, if things don't work out, people say, 'Oh, he doesn't care enough about football.' That was the thing that hurt me the most.

I'm a class clown.

I've always felt that I'm successful for a reason - so I can help, whether that's one individual or a group of people. That's why I keep going with football. I love the game and I'll keep playing as long as I can, but ultimately there's a different purpose.

I'm very grateful for my time in Philadelphia and I want to thank the Eagles organization for the opportunity to play here.

I've always worked my butt off physically and mentally.

There are a handful of guys that are really good at what they're doing from the receiver position, which is the easiest position in the NFL. There are a handful of guys that are good at it. There's not one particular guy that would concern me when I'm going into a game, but there are guys that you have to take notice of in the league.

I know that a lot of times when a guy is making a lot of money and he's not playing up to that caliber, it's like he's just getting his paycheck. That's never been me. That's never, ever been me.

I've never gone into a season thinking I didn't have something to prove.

My mind-set is to come in and compete and be the best I can possibly be.

Doing interviews after a game, you can't give your true emotions. You can't tap into them. So when you do that for so long, you go into acting and it can be difficult to suddenly just be open and vulnerable.

I come from a performing family. My parents are Nigerian, and their parents and their parents - and it's all about performance in their culture, you know. The music. The dancing... you're told to stand out at family gatherings and perform in some sort of way. You're just kind of born into it.

I get a different pronunciation at least every week. I think the worst one, or the funniest one I got, somebody called me, 'Oh-gooz-man.'

You're seen a certain way in the acting world. To them, you're still a football player and not taken as seriously. They think you're just doing it to be a celebrity, to keep your name out there. They don't think you'll prepare.

It's a difficult thing in this league to match up, to line up and play one-on-one football.

My freshman year, I started working with a group called Touchdown for Kids.

I think everybody has talents that haven't been tapped into. They can go unnoticed your entire life.

For all of the achievements and awards, to be able to retire as a Raider ranks highest among all of those.

When it's football time, that's where I am - the studying, the working, the practicing, everything.

When guys get to a certain age or certain level in their career maybe they don't do as much or work as hard so they start to lose some of that stuff. It's inevitable that at some point your going to lose most of what you've had.

If we're in a scene together, I want to give you something that allows your performance to be truthful. In football, if you're opposite me, I want to destroy you, take your head off. I'm still reading body language, still reacting, still trusting my instincts - same as football - but it's different now.

I'll be relentless in my efforts to be great, but I'm realistic. I know I can't be perfect because I've seen it. But at the same time, nobody wants to fail, nobody wants to fail.