As an athlete, I feel like I have a little bit of control - or a lot of control - of the situation. When you're the in the stands, you have no control of the situation.
If there's an opportunity to go out there and show what I can do, I'm going to do it.
Every week's a job interview for us as players.
My goal definitely isn't to be top five. It's to be the best in the league.
I don't play this game to be an average tight end.
I play this game to be the best tight end I can possibly be and win as many football games as I possibly can.
I've never played the game for money.
Everybody says, 'Oh, those East Coast people are so ruthless' and what not. But I love them. I mean, they're honest. What more can you ask from people?
Our No. 1 goal on this Earth is to make disciples. That's the only job we want to do.
I always knew Jesus, but I didn't have the relationship I do now.
I was very fortunate to have several mentors in my life that believed in my ability on the football field. It was their support that made me believe that I could do it, too.
Having success as a team is much more fun than having individual success. I have learned this lesson through the many wins I have experienced as a team.
Football should not be your source of identity. This one is important to me because I am much more than the player. My faith, my wife, my family, and the work I do off the field is paramount to feeling whole.
If you're able to build something on a strong foundation, you're not going to be easily swayed.
Bringing in a guy like Jordan Howard is going to help us immensely: a guy that you can give the ball to behind five really good offensive linemen and say, 'Go to work.'
Oftentimes, the post safety will eye me up pre-snap a lot of times and know where I am.
I had a stutter when I was a young. I went to speech therapy.
If I could get better on the field, I could get better in my interviews. I took that approach: if there's something I'm deficient in, whether it be in relationships, whether it be talking to people, just that self-reflection to seek people out who can help me.
I'm a lot bigger than a lot of these DBs.
At the end of the day, all I really care about are the wins.
