Adam Thielen Quotes

I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me the tour, each new room got my heart thumping. They even had a surgical operating room in case an athlete was severely injured.

When people are coming to Krakow and we show them how and where we practice, they are like, 'Seriously? Are you kidding me?' But we're always saying that what matters about the courts - the lines, the nets - are the same. I'm practicing in Poland even when I don't have good facilities.

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach

To the Heisman voters, I'm truly honored and humbled to be the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner.

The only bad thing is that we didn't win at Tennessee. Kiffin left that program in a bad position.

As bad as some of the teams in the NFL seem to be, they all have way more talent than any college.

After everything that's happened, I'm sitting here in my last year of college football. I'm just happy. I'm in a good spot.

Coming out of high school, Ricky Town was the dude. He was going to SC; I was going to UCLA. He was No. 1 in the country; I was No. 2.

I would say from top to bottom, the SEC is strongest. Every now and then, another conference is going to have a great number one team. But week in and week out, having to play a really tough schedule that's preparing you for the post­season, there's no better conference than the SEC.

The opportunity to play in the Big Ten was one that I could not pass up.

Coming out of high school, however, I wasn't a decorated recruit. As a result, I found myself one month from signing day with only two scholarship offers and they were from the Mid-American Conference.

I think every person who gets a football scholarship thinks the potential for great success in college - and maybe even a career in the NFL - is possible.

I watch a lot of college football.

At an early age, it was always trying to root for the Sooners. When Jason White won, it was awesome running around my living room like I won it. I've always had fun watching the Heisman ceremony.

I've seen the facilities in Barcelona, and they are second to none. The women train with the men's team, and the facilities are out of this world.

There are great days ahead for the University of Maryland football program, and I hope I have helped to put the program in a better place than it was when I first got there.

I think it's nice to win awards, but my goal is not to win the Heisman: it's to get to the Rose Bowl.

I've done everything I can at the University of Washington... I know I'm ready for the NFL.

Ohio State is an up and down team.

In the Big Ten, we disliked the SEC because of the success they had.

My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.

One thing I remember, honestly, was how many great players Arizona State had.

On the field, I went from an anonymous redshirt to a short-yardage specialist to a Heisman Trophy candidate. Off the field, I showed up as a wild kid and grew up.

I watched UCLA football for many, many years. I've grown accustomed to the Pac-10 style.