Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Travis Kelce
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American footballer Travis Kelce.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
My entire career, you can't say Travis Kelce without Alex Smith. He's been my quarterback, he's been the guy. I owe a lot of my success to him.
Blocking is part physicality and part physics. You have to be the lower man and get your hands inside to control your opponent's mass. If you have short footwork, tight hands and if you play low, you can hold your own.
Speed kills in this game. If you've got it, you're in the advantage.
I feel like my brand goes as I play football. If I turn into the greatest football player that I can be, I feel that my brand, how people look at me, is all going to be positive.
I'm not going to go out there and say that I'm better than X, I'm better than Y. I think I'm the best tight end in the game.
If you don't care about the guy next to you, one, you're a terrible teammate. Two, you're never gonna win.
I couldn't have a better resource than my brother. He's one of the smartest guys you'll have a conversation with. He knows so much about so many different things.
If you ever are fortunate enough to experience an open field in front of you as a tight end - and honestly, that's something not many guys at this position ever get to experience in the NFL - the one thing that you know for certain is that there are people faster than you who are right behind you and want you to fumble the ball.
You can kind of just move me around and put me anywhere - whatever the coaches and the guys on this team need me to do.
Am I a peer mediator? Not a chance.
Football is just a game.
Everyone has kind of a rough transition in the NFL. It's a different kind of scouting.
I'm dedicated to finding the girl of my dreams.
I enjoy making people laugh. If I can put a smile on someone's face if I do a dance in the end zone, why not?
As a blocker, that gets you excited, man. You've got somebody who can take it to the house at any point in the game, and you want to make sure that you get your guy that much more.
My actions on the field are very - I don't want to say emotional, but emotion does get the best of me out there. If I do something wrong, I'm livid. I take it that seriously.
I'll tell you what, I've never seen any football player more uncomfortable in a situation of having to make a one-on-one move on somebody than Patrick Mahomes in space.
Helping out Kansas City is just fun, you know?
The biggest thing in terms of route running for me is knowing what the defense is in, knowing the coverage. Once you know the coverage, now you can start manipulating the defense. You can start to kind of trick them in where you're going to go and where you want to get open.
When everyone plays and has passion for each other, man, that's when you really have a chance to be great as a team. Without it, I don't know how football even works.
That accolade, to be the best at your position in your conference, you want that on your resume.
I'm a Kansas City citizen; I'm around all the time.
I told everybody since the second I've been in the league that I've been very success-driven.
I wouldn't even say I'm really good at dancing, I'd just say I'm not shy to movement. At a young age, people would laugh at me moving. None of it looked like it should have been called a dance move. But it was just me being goofy.
There were times where I feel like I was just out there thinking too much instead of just playing instinctual football. It's definitely something I've been trying to work on.
I'm technically the utility guy on the field. Whether you need a plumber or an electrician, man, I'm here for you.
You never get to see the intimate side of a football player.
When I get the ball in my hands I'm a different type of athlete.
I remember it was Dr. Seuss' birthday, and I got to read to the little ones and that was just an awesome experience. I remember when I was a young knucklehead and having that access to an after-school program in my community. It's something that hits home to me and something I wanted to always be a part of.
There were times where I feel like I was just out there thinking too much instead of just playing instinctual football. It's definitely something that I've been trying to work on here, just go out there and let it run.
I can throw the ball. I'll never get the opportunity.
The one thing every NFL defense has in common is that it's sound. No matter where guys move on the field, every single foot of space will be accounted for.
I've got just about a full-on weight room and ability to do just about anything I need at the house.
All I had been doing is playing outside, playing sports my entire life.
The biggest leap between the NFL and college football is the speed. That's something you hear often. But I think there's more to it than just the speed of the players - there's also the speed with which you have to process information around you.
Just being able to incorporate other sports into my game has definitely helped me out.
I had an opportunity to meet Kobe and he's just an unbelievable person.
I feel like it's a duty of mine to make sure that I'm helping out as much as I can, knowing that it's a responsibility.
I get most of my athleticism from my mom. I know my dad cringes every single time I say that, but my competitive nature was always fueled by my dad.
I've actually walked out on a girl for being rude to a waitress. I go in to that restaurant all the time and that waitress was a good friend of mine.
I really want to be one of the greats. I want to be able to walk somewhere and have people say, 'Oh, that's Travis.'
It has started becoming a deal that wherever I go, people just want to see me dance. I try and keep it for the end zone, but sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do.
Being able to get a big body to change direction, I think that's huge. I don't think a lot of tight ends incorporate that enough. I got a lot of that from playing hockey when I was younger, being able to play on the inside and outside of skates, as well as on the basketball court, being able to put my foot into the ground and crossover.
I sing in the morning.
When you make plays on the field or your guys will make a play on the field, you've got to get excited.
You don't really see tight ends out here doing dances in the end zone. But if you see me at night out on the town, I'm having a good time - I'm always dancing. It started in the backyard, not to necessarily showboat - but to be a showman. It's part of how we grew up, how we played the game, and now that I'm in the NFL, why not break it out?
At the end of the day, I feel like if you're not having fun with what you do, there's really not much of a point to be doing it.
Nobody can make fun of me better than me.
Throwing the ball around with pops, that was everything as a kid. If I could get out and do that every single day, I was happy as could be; like the day was the best day ever.
I enjoy being the one on TV. I enjoy being the show.
A pain plan is something that's very understood between you and your healthcare provider.
It's a deal-breaker for me when a girl can't handle herself with class or acts different when you're not around me and things like that.
As a guy from where I come from, I'm going to holler back if you start yapping away. You talk, you're going to hear me talk.
As soon as you get complacent with where you are in a game, that's where you come and then it bites you in the rear. So you just want to make sure that you're keeping that energy high, when guys are making plays you're getting excited for them and you're staying locked in through all 60 minutes of the game.
An ice bath for me is always going to work.
Once you have success, you have to maintain success.
Coach Reid is always going to dial the right plays up. He's a guru.
I'm not even a big TV guy.
As a kid, I always dreamt of being an NFL quarterback. I remember being 10 years old and saying, 'Mom... I'm gonna throw a football in the NFL, and it's going to be a touchdown, and everybody's gonna love it.'
We had almost like our own little sports complex at the house. The driveway was like the pitching mound. We used to play one-on-one street hockey right there. My dad wanted to make sure we were ready to have some fun, so he was always out grabbing sports equipment.
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