Malik Jackson Quotes

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.

Arm strength, I think, is a thing that's, like, incredibly overrated in the NFL.

I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I'm very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn't just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game.

I was making sure everyone knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that's what happens. I appreciate that he knows that now.

First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. Players can't hide behind pads or helmets, so we can stare at them, evaluate every move they make: running, jumping, walking, even ogling the cheerleaders. We can see every ripple and tattoo. If they're lazy, we can tell.

I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.

In the NFL, if you make the play or you don't make the play, you're just a football player who did or didn't make the play. You don't get more yards or less yards based on what you're labeled as by society.

Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism.

As an NFL player, and as a veteran in this game, no one cares what you're doing during the offseason. They only care about what you do on the football field.

Pro Day was very important for me because that was really the only time that I had to prove that I could play at an NFL level and that was really through the physical drills they put me through which was running and throwing the ball. It turned out pretty well for me.

Nigerian footballers who have played in Russia improved their ability here.

We often compare footballers with players of the past.

If you can play football, you can play football. Measurables at the combine don't change that.

If somebody comes out and has a poor game, it doesn't mean they're getting cut.

Sometimes fans, sometimes even players, they don't know the game sometimes, and they look at numbers, or they use smoke-and-mirrors as far as who's a top 15 player, who's a top 20 player.

I think the thing is that kickers are getting better.

I've always been working hard on my speed for the last few years. Obviously I'm not slow, but as a striker, the more speed you have, the better you are.

College football and particularly the quarterback position is a performance-based deal.

Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.

You can look at every game, some where I've been a defensive player and others where I've had an impact.

I think I'm the best wide receiver in the NFL.

I think everybody knows if they played a good or a bad game.

I think that Balotelli could be as good as Torres - and even better than him.

Obviously, I love the idea of athletic quarterbacks.