Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Zach Ertz - Page 2

When I was younger, I initially hated football because they put me on the offensive line because I was the biggest kid.

If you look at the great tight ends in this league, the first thing that stands out is touchdowns. Just like at fantasy football. That's where a lot of guys get the respect, with touchdowns... That's the 'fantasy points' that everyone points out.

It truly takes a village to become a professional athlete.

I feel no matter who I'm going against that I can get open in a number of ways.

No one wants to be 13 and not able to eat their ice cream after dinner.

My relationship with Jesus has changed my life and, really, the foundation of who my wife and I are as people.

I don't care about the money. Honestly. All I care about is winning football games.

Brent Celek is a heck of a blocker, James Casey is a heck of a blocker.

I take every rep personally. If somebody beats me, I'm going to take that personally.

I've never played this game for financial success.

Anything that's truly competitive, I love.

That's something that I do pride myself on: making those tough and contested catches, whether it's in the red-zone or on third down.

It's not a goal of mine to only play 45 percent of snaps. It's to be on the field for every single play.

My wife Julie and I are driven to make positive and enduring change in our beloved city of Philadelphia, in California, in Haiti, and around the world.

I can't dwell on having a couple drops. It's going to happen - it's the NFL.

You have to have confidence in this league. Everybody's so good.

I want to prove to myself and everybody else how good I can be, and I'm willing to work as hard as I need to to achieve that goal.

It's awesome being married to Julie, being able to support the people we love doing what they love to do.

Glute bridges make sure my hips are staying in line. Making sure that I'm not putting added stress on the hamstrings, hip flexors, or groin. Being able to stabilize the hips is pretty much the center of playing football, so you can stay healthy.

Being a tight end, you have to be able to do everything. You have to be able to run routes; you have to be able to block, pass-protect, and run with the ball after a catch. So, that's how I attack my workouts - focusing on doing everything.

I love sports, and I'm a hugely competitive person.

I think you have to have a high football IQ. Obviously, you have to have the physical ability to run fast and get open. But you also have to have a high football IQ.

Big hits are part of the game. So, paramount to every time I train is just to focus on staying healthy and doing everything I can to stay healthy.

I want to be the guy in the red-zone, believe me.

You can't be a tight end and just be viewed as a receiver.

I'm never going to be satisfied with where I am as a player.

My seventh-grade year, I played football. I was, like, 15 pounds overweight, so I had to lose a ton of weight. They put me at left tackle; they put me on the defensive line. I absolutely hated football. I didn't want to play again. Eighth grade year, I didn't play.

The city of Philadelphia is all about the underdog.

As athletes, just looking at it from an outside perspective, it's really remarkable, the impact you could have on somebody that you have no idea.

I love football, but I also want to give back. I want to take care of kids and single moms, so it's not only about playing football. I want my life to matter in that way.

I want to be out there every play.

I just like going against the Redskins, I guess.

If you don't have the confidence, that's half the battle. You're going to be defeated before you even start.

I always want to improve in all my facets of the game, whether it's the receiving or blocking aspects.

I don't want to be viewed as a weakness in any means. I don't want to be viewed as a weakness in the passing game. I definitely don't want to be viewed as a weakness in the running game.

If I'm out wide, and they put a linebacker on me, I think that's a mismatch every time, regardless of who is on me.

You got to know what the defense looks for and use that against them.

When you're blocking someone, or when you're running, it's all about putting force into the ground, and that's the epitome of the back squat.