Jarvis Landry Quotes

I had good skills, but my lack of size and speed kept me a little behind the best kids in the other sports. Golf offered a more level field. I would have rather played other sports, but golf picked me.

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

I think that my size is an advantage, but also my speed.

I'm different to someone like Jamie Vardy, who is a lot quicker than me but if he loses a yard he loses a large part of his game - whereas I never had the yard in the first place.

When I was younger, there was a sort of stigma attached to my stamina. My dad took me swimming one day and I just was no good at it, so my dad said, 'Your stamina's bad.'

When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.

It doesn't matter which year a player is born in, whether you are 19 or 20 - you have to be agile. You have to accept your shortcomings.

I work harder than every single person I know, and the only person that is on the same level as me is my brother. If you look at the top social media stars, it's me and him. I think that's our advantage. We're not the prettiest; we're not even the funniest, we're not the wittiest, whatever it is.

My height might be a disadvantage in some parts of my game, but it is a big advantage in rushing the passer.

I'm more on the bigger side, so people don't think I have speed. I'm not the fastest guy, but I guarantee I'm not the slowest.

I was obviously never good enough to play at a top level, or even anywhere close to that, if I'm being honest. That's the reality.

I grew up, and my body was not like a Spanish player. I was tall. I had a powerful game; my arms were long, so I'm like, 'No, you can't play like Spanish players.'

I know I'm not the biggest guy or the fastest guy, but you've got to bring something to the table that someone else is not. I love football too much.

Although I come from the world of swimming... my strong point is the running race, and it is the one I enjoy the most. It's where I have had a slight edge over my rivals.

The only thing I could do better than Peyton was run.

I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.

As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.

I tend to do well against big 4s who are real skilled because I'm tall, lanky and athletic.

Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.

I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.

Barry Bonds was like Joe Namath or Muhammad Ali. He could make a statement and go out and back it up. Not a lot of guys can do that. In fact, managers usually cringe when guys make statements about what they're going to do. In Barry's case, I liked it. I think he did it on purpose to motivate himself. In a lot of ways, it's easy for Barry. I think he needs a little controversy around him.

I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!

Whatever my powers--feminine or the contrary--God had given them, and I felt resolute to be ashamed of no faculty of his bestowal.

I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.