Adam Thielen Quotes

I had little or no expectations coming in. I was thrilled when I was drafted in the first round because that meant I was going to be given a full year's chance to make the team.

I've said for years I could never figure out why Calgary ever drafted me. When I got there, I think they had eight or nine right wingers already. These guys were premiere players. It's not like they were extremely late in their careers, either.

The NBA is a beautiful job in a lot of ways. But for living stability, thinking you're going to be somewhere for a long time, it's not for that.

It's hard to know when to call it a day as a footballer.

I've been in football a long time now and I've seen plenty of managers and players come and go. It is part and parcel of the game.

I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team.

You can play professional lacrosse, but they make less than a teacher's salary now. I always thought about that. And it's a very difficult career, a short career, as a pro athlete.

I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I've been on for a long time and had success with? I don't plan on giving it up any time soon.

If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.

During my draft process, I had Seattle come and work me out. This is one of the places where I thought I might be drafted. I'm glad it worked out I'm here.

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.

You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it.

What I'm doing with my body and with my golf game, I'm trying to extend the longevity of my career.

I'd like to play as long as I still love the game, as long as I'm still feeling healthy and playing well so a team would want me to play for them.

My coach keeps telling me to say I'm not going to retire. I should just go through the motions and see what I feel every year and see if I really want to do it, but personally, I want to do it, but my coach says just take your time, don't rush.

I don't believe you could be a 39-year-old quarterback in the NFL and eat cheeseburgers every day. I want to be able to do what I love to do for a long time.

Ever since I was at Blackburn, when you talk about getting pro contracts I was never the guy that was talked about as, 'This guy is going to be the best player, the next best thing.'

No professional athlete likes to admit that he has played too long. There is too much money involved, rarely enough saved, and there is the eternal hope that age has not withered skills.

Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.

There's not a lot I haven't done, from being the No. 1 option to the No. 12 option.

Your job is never secure as a football player - or coach.

When I graduated from Utah, I was headed into the biggest job interview of my life, the NFL Draft.

I think every athlete is afraid for their career to be over.

I told myself coming into the league that if I could play for six or seven years, that would have been a great career.