Taysom Hill Quotes

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.

Once I'm at the training ground, I'm focused, preparing for the next game.

I understand how hard every guy in this NFL works, especially at the position, especially at the quarterback position.

At the end of the day, the NFL teams should fall in love with me based on who I am as a person, what I can offer them, and what this game means to me.

Befriending Pro Bowlers and future Hall of Famers is pretty cool, but I'm just enjoying the ride, looking at every day in the NFL as a memorable moment.

When I came to the NFL, I was just trying to make the team.

I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

I love preseason games. They are fun to me because you get to go out there with guys that are on the NFL field for the first time and playing against guys who are going to be on the field for the first time.

I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

I was a borderline guy in the NFL.

I came to the Steelers after four years of high school and four years of college, and now I look on my stay here as 13 years of postgraduate work; I think I'm ready for the world.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

What shocked me, and what I wasn't prepared for, was just how brutal and how unethical some people can be in the NFL. I mean, there were some great people, but there were some real snakes, too. I was like, 'Holy cow!' But it made me a better person, and it got me ready for other things.

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and equipment managers who've allowed me to be who I am today.

It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that.

I think I just went into a system that was willing to utilize me and gave me opportunities and I felt fortunate to be able to go to Oakland and put the silver and black on. I wanted to prove to everybody that I could still play.

I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team in history. Once a Dallas Cowboy, always a Dallas Cowboy.

Just try to focus one game at a time, not worry about points or anything like that. Worry about playing the right way and see what comes of it.

The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.

When I first came into the league, I was with Tim Dwight in San Diego, and a guy named Eric Parker, who really showed me the work ethic it takes to be an NFL receiver, and I've really tried to keep that with me.