Saquon Barkley Quotes

People don't talk much about my punt returns.

I played a lot of football when I was younger. I'm a good receiver, actually.

I ran back punt returns and kickoff returns, and I played a pretty good game.

I'm a guy who can play all three downs, and I excel in all areas of the game.

I didn't start playing football a lot until I was in high school. I played it in seventh and eighth grade, but I didn't play Pop Warner or anything.

I wanted to play football and see how that went. In my mind, I knew I wasn't good enough to be a pro, but I was having a really fun time doing it. When you're on a college team, you can tell who's going to be a pro or not almost instantly.

I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)

Everyone has their own background and some managers are Premier League footballers, international footballers, some of them find themselves getting jobs.

I make plays in the passing game, blocking, doing everything.

I'm just telling you: I don't know what the heck I'm talking about - I'm just an old funky college coach - but Deshaun Watson is the best by a long shot.

The bottom line is I'm a football player, and I played three years of college football, and I produced all three years. I also got better every year, and I just felt like it was time to move on.

Braxton Miller is a special football player and has been special since he stepped on campus.

I just wanted to prove that I can play wide receiver at a high level.

I was always pretty much the biggest running back on the field at any given time.

Football is a game of moments now and if someone does four step-overs, they've had an incredible game. That's not something I do.

Returning punts is one of my favorite things to do in the whole world. It's awesome. It's like playing on the highway.

I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

I think I throw the ball down the field pretty well, but I think I'm really accurate and make good decisions.

Once I got into the league, I liked to watch LaDainian Tomlinson. He was nice, man. Quick, strong, great eyes, able to catch the ball.

You have to be smart as a football player.

As a punt returner in the NFL, I know all about teamwork, high-speeds, and collisions on Sundays.

I like my kind of innate and natural ability in the pocket, and ability of anticipation, and all that stuff that's important when it comes to playing quarterback.

I like the way Michael Crabtree plays the game. He's strong, he goes up for the ball, he has that mentality to just make plays.

At 16, I was a slow right-back and wasn't good enough to play centre-back.

I wasn't supposed to run as much as I did in the NFL. But it turned out that all that scrambling I had done in college became necessary in the NFL. It wasn't by design. It was because I was running for my life!