Patience is a key to success. I rely on that.Collection: Patience
I was a rolling stone. Wherever I lay my hat was my home.Collection: Home
As a return specialist you always dream of returning a kick in the Super Bowl.
As a kid, growing up playing football, you always dream of playing in the NFL and in the Super Bowl. But you never think that can come true.
I just try to go out each and every week, show the coaches that I'm trustworthy and just try to do everything right in practice and just hope they call plays for me on Sundays.
I don't keep up with stats.
When you get tackled by a kicker or a punter, you're going to be the laughingstock of the week.
You go to a lot of places, and they say they're going to use you in this kind of way. As time goes on, you're in Week 8 like, 'Man, didn't they say before the season they were going to use me?' It leaves you with a bad feeling. You get a bad vibe inside like, 'I can't trust this. I want to be somewhere else.'
That just kind of person I am - I talk to everybody. Make sure everybody knows who I am.
I always keep a smile on my face.
I'm just focused on what's in front of me and I don't even pay attention to what's behind me.
It's kind of cold up here in Minnesota.
I just want the ball in my hands.
You will probably never see me down, unless something bad happens.
I'm a guy, I like to have fun.
Whenever my number's called I'm being ready for whatever I need to do on the football field.
I mean it's the next man up. It's the NFL. If you can play, you can play.
I'm just here to play football, to be honest. Simple as that.
No matter at running back, receiver, kick return. I'm just out here to play football.
Look at the size of me, man. I mean, I'm a big guy, man. I'm 225 pounds or whatever.
I just have to be aggressive and that starts with blocking.
We're all receivers, we make catches, we do all those little things, but sometimes you've got to separate yourself from others and do some things others won't do. So as receivers, we have to go out there and block. We all know we can catch but that's what we do - separate ourselves by doing a hell of a job blocking.
I'm a physical guy. I like getting physical.
When you get somewhere, Atlanta feels like home, so why not retire here and end my career here. It feels good. It feels like it's the right place, but at the end of the day, I've got to do what's best for me and my family, you know, and if Atlanta is not that place, then it's not that place.
Being vocal, that's just something that I do, man.
Line me up, put me anywhere on the field, I'm going to do it.
I'm blessed for the opportunity Atlanta gave me.
I want to play ball. It's never been about the money for me, but I do have a family I've got to take of. That's something for me to take into consideration. But, I just want to play ball.
I just be want to be somewhere that really just values me. Just respect me.
My mindset is just to do whatever coach needs me to do.
If you want me playing running back, quarterback, tight end, kick return, punt return, whatever. I'm just out there to help the team win.
When coach puts me in, when my number's being called, I'm gonna be ready.
I'm a guy that just likes to come out here and have fun and play football. It's something I've been doing my whole life. It's a kid's game.
I want to be more as a receiver. That's up to God and to me. I keep praying about it. I keep working on it.
I have always wanted to be everything I could be in this league.
I've had a lot of different coaches since I've been in the league.
Sometimes I think too much about what I'm supposed to be doing instead of doing it.
Two years I spent damn near on the sideline. That's never a good feeling for any player. No player wants to go through that.
I can play safety, corner, linebacker, D-end.
I just try to take advantage of every play that I have.
You have got to wake up and thank the Lord every day we come here to have the opportunity to play football.
No matter where the ball is kicked, I feel like I'm going to return it.
I've been playing every position my entire life.
I'm a playmaker, man.
I'm not a drama queen or anything.
Every kickoff you have to read different blocks, regardless of what of the coaches are looking for.
When I was growing up in Rock Hill, South Carolina, I was always the fastest kid around - in pickup games, in school, wherever.
When I was about nine years old, I was on an All-Star team made up of kids from my area, and we went to Myrtle Beach for some sort of regional championship game. I don't remember all the details, but I do know that the other team was trying not to kick the ball to me.
I take great pride in playing on special teams. A lot of people think that most special teams players aren't good enough to be on offense or defense. But that's not the case.
There's so much to returning a kick. It's more than just left, right or middle. You've got to know who's blocking who and what the front line is doing. Everybody has to be on the same page.