Adam Vinatieri Quotes

I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I went on and was still able to play some good hockey.

I love to play football. And I think anybody that's ever been my teammate or I've been theirs understands how much I love that.

I played football all my life throughout high school and ran track.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

They'd better be physically tough when they start pulling on their football pants.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

Football. It sounds simple, but it's always been the case - I don't see myself living without playing.

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

I've devoted my life to football.

I have a lot of competitive juices, and I want to go out and compete on the football field every day.

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 need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am today and even how I think today.

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

You would not want me on your football team.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.