Adam Vinatieri Quotes

It's fun to come in when it's first down. It's not fun to come back in when it's third-and-long.

Football was my sport. I was fast. I was a free safety.

Remember that. I ran from the line of scrimmage.

I don't think people are keen to have Coldplay tell me about Cam Newton's red zone option.

I love football. I played it into two years of college.

Turning the ball over is something you don't want to do as a quarterback.

Baseball players are not specialists; they all have to do it all. That is why I, and many aficionados, dislike the American League's practice of replacing the pitcher with a designated hitter. This creates two players who do not have to do it all.

Because the hash marks are narrower in the pros, the ball's always closer to the middle of the field. So if you're a defensive back, you can wait a lot longer before committing to a certain part of the field.

I mean, I don't think a lot of people know this, but I played corner in college.

Anytime you give up two special-teams touchdowns, I can't imagine the numbers are too good in regards to winning that game.

It depends on how my football career goes, but when I am finished, I would love to go the NFL and be a kicker. Even if I got to play just one game, it is something I would like to do.

I loved playing in the Big Ten, where it's three yards and a cloud of dust.

Ultimately, the yards really don't matter. So you have to score enough points, and I have been fortunate in my career to have been around some really good play callers, starting with Gary Kubiak and then going with Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay, and that was always at the forefront of our minds: How can we create explosive plays?

Whenever we have penalties and take a 10-yard penalty down the red zone, it gets tough.

If people don't know what a punter is in football, they're not going to know what a fourth down kicker is, either.

It's the NFL. It's hard to score touchdowns.

To me, going for a tie means kicking the extra point for a tie instead of going for a two-point conversion to win.

I find the game mentally challenging and really enjoy the chess match that occurs every week between the offense and the opposing defense.

Will it make the game safer for people by moving the extra point back to a 43-yarder? If anything, players are going to rush harder because they're thinking, 'That far of a field goal-type try, we have to go after blocking it more.'

My job is to go put the ball in the end zone.

There needs to be a flat rule where if someone's playing a shot you sit in the chair, and probably more referees need to be a bit sterner with how they apply that rule.

Teams like the Patriots stress situational football moreso than a lot of other teams in the NFL.

Just growing up, my dad always told me the most important point of the game is the extra point. A lot of people take that play off. It's an opportunity to make something happen, and I'm going to make the most of it.

I definitely wanted to be playing the quarterback position.

They don't give you extra points if you make a 50-yarder that goes over the net.