“If you find your talent in life […] and you also have a passion for it and you work hard consistently, there is a very good chance you will realize your dreams.” – pg. 6
“If you’re focused on that distant goal, you’re missing what’s right in front of you, and that’s what you can control.” – pg. 9
“As Coach Belichick would say, it was not what we were looking for.” – pg. 57
“That willingness to say something, to want something to be better, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.” – Coach Nicolopoulos, pg. 61
“To me, that’s important: being willing to say what you plan to do.” – Larry Owens, pg. 71
“If you hate me, you hate me. But I know you’re going to respect me because I’m gonna lay it on the line and give literally everything I have on the field, even if it’s not what’s best for me or if I should be preserving myself. […] I didn’t just dip my toe in. That’s not how I was brought up. If you’re gonna compete, you’re gonna compete.” – pg. 80
“I don’t know whether I enjoy winning as much as I hate losing. Even when you win, you start looking around for the next thing. There’s satisfaction, but it’s temporary. You don’t even really enjoy it. It’s cool, you hit your pinnacle, but what’s next?” – pg. 83
“You find the things you didn’t do well and work on them and polish the things you did do well.” – pg. 84
“You’re not good at what you do unless you’re competitive.” – Wes Welker, pg. 119
“But no one remembers if you played well when you lose.” – pg. 128
“Sometimes durability is better than ability.” – pg. 132
“As humans, we are all going to make mistakes, that is inevitable. How you handle them and how you proceed from them is what truly matters.” – Matthew Slater, pg. 145
“I had enough to worry about with myself, period. That’s something that took time for me to learn. Control your day. Control you. You earn your role through your own practice and play, not someone else’s.” – pg. 155
“Coach McDaniels likes to say, ‘Champions have championship standards, and championship standards don’t know what time of year it is.’ So, regardless of whether it’s OTA’s, training camp, or the middle of the season, you still have to go out and get better that day. If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.” – pg. 169
“It’s like painting a wall. You have holes in the wall? You have to spackle them, sand it, and prime it. The painting is the easiest part. It’s the preparation to get the surface ready to go that’s always the toughest.” – pg. 189
“You let me bother you, you just gave me power.” – pg. 203
“Everyone fucking hates us. Let’s win it all next year.” – Tom Brady, pg. 221
“Once you have a kid yourself, you realize that your mom and dad always wanted the best for you.” – pg. 223
“Banging your head against the locker isn’t going to help anyone play better. Being prepared will.” – pg. 243
“For a short time, there’s nothing else to get ready for. When you go out and achieve a goal, the ultimate goal, and you’ve got the people you love there and enjoying it with you, you’re just happy.” – pg. 251
“[…] Those dreams we’re chasing need to be cultivated, not stepped on.” – pg. 254
“It’s important to take stock of where you are in life. Are you growing as a person? Are you achieving goals? Are you living a life that’s a good example?” – pg. 257
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