Austin Seferian-Jenkins Quotes
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I'm going to take full advantage of my opportunities.
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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 really have a love and passion for football. I enjoy basketball, but it's not something I love. You have to let things go that are not for you.
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If someone has to be the villain, I'll be the villain. I have no problem with it. The movies still say, 'Starring... the villain.'
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I just want to be the best version of me.
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You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.
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I want to be great at everything. I want to be the best at everything.
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When I get out on the field, it's all about football. I love football.
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I've split out, played receiver, I've been a fullback, I've been in-line.
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Granted, everybody is different, but I think it's real important to know all the people that you are around, and how they operate their history, and things like that. You know where they are coming from a little bit, and you don't insult them, or take something for granted.
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I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and I'm OK with that.
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I've played this game since I was in second grade, and there's nothing more important to me than playing football.
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Sometimes I get emotional. I let my emotions get the best of me.
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I don't want to try to sell myself or portray something that I'm not.
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It's not about me. I think people are too caught up with what I'm doing. It's just numbers. I'm trying to win.
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When you lose things like football, which is the game I love - and this is the most important thing in my life - it really puts everything in perspective.
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I want to play defense. I want to get sacks.
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I think guys that play basketball really understand how to go up and get a ball. Because in a rebound situation, you've got to go up and fight for a ball. Just boxing out. There are a lot of things that transfer.
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I think that people that don't really understand the game of football and are just fans that think people just show up on Saturday and go, I don't think they understand the work that we put in here and what our schemes are and what we're trying to do.
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I really don't care about my numbers.
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I think people make a really big deal that I'm this big character-issue guy, and I've got red flags. I'm not.
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Being able to play basketball at a high level, adjusting to the ball in the air, quick feet, quick hands and all that stuff definitely translates to playing tight end in the National Football League.
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I won the John Mackey Award, so I did something right.
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Playing on Saturdays, seeing 75,000 people yell your name, 88, ASJ, and all of that stuff is great.