Austin Seferian-Jenkins Quotes
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I don't pay attention to stats or anything like that. I just pay attention to how I play and the intensity that I play with.
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I'm not trying to get in good graces of anybody. I just want to be myself and be the guy that helps out in the community, because that's who I am.
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I don't really care where I go because wherever I go, they're going to get a very talented, driven guy that's going to get every inch of his potential out, max everything I have in my body out.
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Someone has to be the villain. I'm the most villainized player right now. People don't like me.
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I love Coach Koetter.
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I'm really blessed to have an amazing family.
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I'm me: I'm a fun, easy-going guy that likes to work hard, who's very driven and determined.
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I kind of knew. I said, 'Yeah, I'm not going to be able to play in the NBA. That's just not going to happen. Let that dream go.'
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You've got to invest your own time, invest your own resources into creating a better world, not only for yourself but for the people you surround yourself with.
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If you don't do it the way coaches ask you to do something, and someone else does it the way it's supposed to be done, that's just natural life.
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I just want to support my mom. I have everything I need. I don't need to buy anything.
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I fail every once in a while, but failing is your first attempt at learning. I'm not worried about it.
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I'm a player, the coaches coach.
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I'm a normal person. You say something about me, I'm going to say something back, funny or not. I'm just going to be me. It's nothing against them. I'm just doing what you do to me.
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It's one-of-a-kind, because some people would die to have the family I do.
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You troll me, I'm going to troll you.
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People in Seattle and Tacoma know who I am as a person, and I don't think I am a character risk or have a character issue at all.
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Preparation starts after the game before.
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I hold myself to a very high standard. But you're going to make mistakes. You've got to erase it and move forward.
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I'm going to take full advantage of my opportunities.
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Ever since I was growing up, I knew I was going to play in the NFL. I never thought anything else.
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My dad showed me a football and would throw it up and have my dog - a German Shepherd - chase me around when I went after the ball. I caught it because I was scared of that dog. The next year, my dad talked to the commissioner of a local league and convinced him to let me play as a first grader with third graders.
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I have to hold up my end of the bargain and do what's expected of me.
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Foot work, hand-eye coordination. There's a lot of things. If you just watch basketball, you can tell where it would help someone who's receiving the ball.