Hill Harper Quotes

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.

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.

If I had all the qualities that the newspapers are talking about, I'd be the best player in history.

It's not just about talent. It's about having players with good mentality.

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.

I think any football is a guy that is able to one, be able to be humble and hungry off the field, but at the same time on the football field understand what they have to get done and be a little bit ferocious.

I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

I don't change the way that I play. I love the game of basketball, man. I ride with these guys in this locker room. They know that. If I've got something to say to them, I will say it. You may not like the way that it comes across. That's fine. But that's who I am.

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.

At Kentucky, you have to be a competitor. If you're not, you're going to look weak. You're going to look like you don't belong.

When I'm on the field, I just do my job.

Once you're a player, you always have a little bit of that in you.

All the top guys are complete players, and if I'm not, I won't be there.

I think I'm just an OK quarterback. But I feel like I can throw the ball pretty well, and I feel like my work ethic separates me.

My work ethic is from sports.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

If I can run, I'm not going to sit out any game. I'm here to play football, not to watch and collect a check.

We try to recruit good players and good people.

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.

I just want to continue to play football and be myself.

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.

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.