Darius Rucker Quotes

I'm not overlooked by NFL teams. That's the only thing I really care about.

I'm a football fan first and foremost, but I've been given an incredible opportunity to be a football coach in the National Football League.

All of us that have teams want to pick the right people. I've thought a lot about that. In the NFL, we've got 13 scouts traveling the country. We're trying to pick 22 year-olds coming out of college who will be successful in the NFL. It's very hard to do. What I've learned is it's always character first.

If it wasn't for Paul Brown, I probably wouldn't have a job because he basically evolved scouting.

I always loved math in high school and I thought that I would be an accountant. But I also thought I would be better at counting money in the NFL.

When you're a general manager, you don't get to see every single player, so you have to rely on your scouts.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

I don't get involved in recruitment like people think I do. There's a myth that I look at YouTube and choose players. I don't. Having an eye for players is an art. I have no interest in doing that.

I always say that Madrid must have the best players, as this is the best club in the world. But it is not for me to say which players should be signed.

But I think that if a club like Barcelona sign a player, it is because he has the right qualities.

It should be an easy, seamless transition for me to the NFL, and I'm looking forward to it.

I wanted to be in the situation where I could have a chance to go to the NFL and be a great quarterback and take care of my family.

I've worn a lot of hats in the NFL.

In the NFL, there's never really that moment where you're like, Hey, I made the team. Or: Hey, you made the practice squad. You just kind of show up the next day and go to work. Nobody really says anything. You just kind of go to work.

I definitely did not fail at Chelsea. I always had my chance, scored important goals in the first season. At the end I just wanted the transfer, although Jose Mourinho wanted me to stay.

That's how the NFL is. It's a dangerous, violent game, and there's only so many opportunities, and only the best of the best play it.

Life in the NFL is an adjustment.

I'm going to be a Niner, you know, I've been there - that's who drafted me, gave me the opportunity to come into this league, to be a professional ball player, and I was there 10 years, man.

I'm living my dream. I'm in the NFL.

My first goal was to play in the NFL.

I've spent my entire adulthood in pro football.

Marvin Harrison was the best receiver I played against, especially being a young player and just learning the game at this level. He was already at a high level, and the job was made even more difficult because it seemed like every time we played the Colts it was in Indianapolis, where they played on turf - that old AstroTurf.

I would like to thank the Jaguars organization for giving me the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream of playing in the NFL.

I caught a break and took an entry-level job with the Houston Texans when I was 28.

It's been a dream of mine to play in the NFL, so whenever I hear my name being talked about in someone's mock draft or whether or not he should stay or go, it's always interesting to listen to, but at the same time, I don't take it for granted.