Chris Borland Quotes

God has blessed me with the ability to play football.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.

If a boy hopes to be a good football player, the main things he needs are brains, courage, self-restraint, coordination, fire of nervous energy and an unselfish point of view, ready to sacrifice for the team as a whole. Of course, he must have a bit of speed and a bit of physique, but then these things are taken for granted.

I'm a great player. I play fast; I'm a great tackler.

You have to be smart as a football player.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.

Rosie knows how to play ball. She's an athlete, for sure.

I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.

I am the finest defensive player in the game.

I want to be active. I want to be able to show everything I can do. I can blitz. I can cover. I can play zone and play man. I can do it all.

If you're athletic and you can run, you can play defense. It's a mindset.

I fell like I'm a well-rounded football player.

Obviously, you have to have some physical ability to play quarterback in the NFL.

The thing about kicking is, it's not as competitive as other positions, but I feel like I am a competitor.

You don't have to be a strapping lad to play football.

It is important that I get to play football.

In a game I'm, like, 'Rubber Man' or something but, off the pitch, I'm the least flexible person you could imagine.

I've just been playing football for a long time. I've been playing football since I was a little kid, so it's just some natural blessings that God has blessed me with to get to the ball and understand what I've been doing over the years.

I like a match that shows strength, stamina, scientific technique.

Basketball is more than just strength and power.

Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very fast. They can shoot a jumper, or they can dunk the ball.

I like contact sports like football. I like collisions, and I was good at it.

I just wanted to prove that I can play wide receiver at a high level.