Saquon Barkley Quotes

First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.

I'm really just a regular guy who has had an incredibly blessed life.

For me, I was really lucky to go to a city like Chicago where the team was struggling at the time, and I was able to go in and play right away.

Not many of my friends I had from college are playing in this league. Everybody knows it's a privilege, so you definitely don't knock it because you never know where you may end up.

If it wasn't for finding out that my right leg could kick a ball really far, which is what I did, I am 100 percent certain that I would be attempting to be or would be a professional wrestler.

For so many years, I wished it could have been different. I wished I could have gotten the opportunity sooner. I would have loved to see what had happened had I got to the NFL right out of college and all of those different things.

I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs. I'm forever grateful for them in taking a chance on me, allowing me to become the player that I am today. It's still incredible to me that I got to hoop in a Bulls jersey.

Not everyone gets the chance to be drafted.

I don't really consider myself one of those superstars. I just consider myself a guy that was lucky enough to win the athletic lottery many times over.

I'm just blessed to be able to be alive, to be able-bodied and be able to play this game.

Just to be able to play one minute in an NBA game, I'm grateful for that.

Not everybody gets a home slam; not everybody gets home events. I am part of a very select few who get that opportunity, so I can only really be grateful for that.

The Bills gave me my first opportunity. In my mind, I'll be forever grateful for that organization.

If Sir Alex says, 'Listen, I want you to play for my team,' it's very difficult not to say yes.

Coaches from Celtic actually came to my door but I wasn't interested. I thought I'd get lost in the system. I wasn't ready for it.

I think I am lucky enough to be getting this chance also that people want to know about me. I don't want to complain over it.

When you have a son in football like Anton, it will always be deemed as if he got the prop up and given the contract, no matter how hard he works. So much so that when he was offered a deal at Chelsea, I advised him not to take a professional contract.

I'm in such a privileged position to class football as my full-time job, to be captain of England, captain of Manchester City. I'm very lucky.

Nobody can tell me that if players are good enough, they will come through. That is not true. There are plenty of players who are good enough.

It would mean everything to go up with Fulham. It is the team that has made me a professional, and it's the team that has given me a chance.

I'm really thankful for the opportunity the Marlins gave me. They drafted me in 2010 and gave me a chance to play in the big leagues. I made lifelong friends there, and I've got a lot of great memories.

For every LeBron James that jumps onto the scene, or every Derrick Rose that does really well in year one, you have a lot of others that take time to transition. Those guys are just brilliant in their own way, but a lot of other guys need a little help along the way.

I'm very grateful for my time in Philadelphia and I want to thank the Eagles organization for the opportunity to play here.

I just want to thank Everton for the opportunity and Watford for having opened the doors for me in England.

Honestly I'm excited for whatever team wants to draft me, and I'm excited to make an impact right away.