Carson Wentz Quotes

It is very easy to make athletes, and it is very difficult to make rugby players with that rugby instinct. I would like to think I have got a bit of rugby instinct and have become more of a rugby athlete along the way.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.

I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.

I did wrestling in high school; that helped, as far as technique goes.

When you have experienced players, you don't tremble when it comes to playing in a hostile atmosphere or under pressure.

As a player you always feel the pressure and as a team you are always trying to make sure the opposition are under it.

I trained with some great keepers at college, alongside full-grown men, and it helped me 100%.

I think all you can do is prepare properly for every game but you also have to be realistic. Be realistic about what you are as a team.

For a young player, the most important thing is to play.

It's always difficult not playing games and that match fitness and sharpness is something you always lack when you don't get that opportunity.

The coaches that I have have done an incredible job with me, obviously the stuff we work on on the court.

Practice is tough. We try to purposely make it difficult on our players on whatever it is that we're trying to do during the week to get ready for that opponent so that we see the most difficult looks, so that we make our players aware of the things that could certainly impact the game in a negative fashion.

From playing with the guys that I played with, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, I learned a lot about the game. I learned how to finish games.

Outdoor tennis plays into my strengths a little better.

Some people can get there in three or four games, some need eight or nine, but after 11 games, if you've been playing regularly, you're match-fit.

I want to bring a Big 12 championship to Tech.

In college, practice is draggin'. Coach goes, 'Oh, hey, go on over there and start a fight with one of the linebackers.' Okay. So I'll go and start a fight with one of the linebackers... It's just an attitude that really developed in me, and now we just amplify it times 100 and make sure everybody understands what I do and what I'm about.

Being the full-time quarterback, there is a big responsibility to stay healthy for your team.

Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.

Being able to block as a receiver, that was something I tried to make a point to the other receivers at Stanford, that you have to take that to a huge level of importance.

I want to be more than prepared for the game, for the preseason, for the season.

By the time you get to the conference finals, you can't hide. It's not like your opponent is going to be experienced on how to try to exploit you. You have to have the right kind of habits and hopefully have been tested enough in those habits... to be able to still get to your identity.

I always want to play. It is important to gain match rhythm.

It took me a lot to learn to control adrenaline; and other sports you use adrenaline to your advantage.