Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.
Whether I'm playing right now or not, I still have an opportunity to get better in practice. It's like sharpening my blade.
I can compete with anybody. I'm a true competitor. I'm a winner.
My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend time with my little brother, we're out on the football field. We're working out or playing Madden. We're spending time with each other, but our quality time is football.
You don't want to have any negativity in your life. Continue to push. Continue to be patient. And when your time comes, then you've got to do everything you can, that's all.
At the end of the day, I don't care how many catches I have or how many yards I have. As long as the Ws keep stacking up in the win column, I'm happy.
I take my craft seriously.
Not saying I was a bad kid, but I had a lot to learn. You've just got to not be impulsive.
That's what you want... you work hard, you want your guys to, you know, work the same way you work, and it all helps the team.
If you don't have any confidence, you're not going to do anything.
As a player, I'm going to do everything I can to help the organization as a whole. On the field, off the field, I'm going to do everything in my power.
I kind of really study different angles of the film. You see how people's bodies are, how they react to certain kind of moves - what foot they step with, what hand they jab with, and all that. Just little things like that, that you pick up when you watch film. Studying is big for me.
I listen to the older people who talk to me. I call them my old heads, people with a lot of wisdom. They'll teach you a lot if you listen.
I love competing in everything that I do, and I try to express that, but I try not to rush it.
I just try to make the plays when they throw them to me.
I picked up yoga. I tried to do cooking a little bit. I almost burned my house down, but it's all good. So I just stuck to yoga.
The time you do get edgy and the time you do want to slack off is the time, boom, there goes your opportunity. So you don't want to have that.
To me, it really doesn't matter where they line me up.
As a young man, I feel as if it's all about progressing. I may have had to mature a little faster than others, but no worries. I took it on full steam and led by example off the field.
I just feel like it's my job to take care of my body. I play a contact sport, 99.9 percent injury rate. As far as being injury-prone or getting hurt, it's going to happen. But it's my job to take care of my body, come week in and week out.
