Jameis Winston
You put a big smile on your face and work hard and work to improve every single day.Collection: Smile
In high school I wore No. 8, in college I wore No. 5, and five plus three is eight and five minus three is two, you know? Addition and subtraction.
I'm a strong believer that coaches coach and players play.
When my back's against the wall, I need to rise to the occasion.
I hate being bored.
I'm the head of my home. And I have to get my daily bread by chasing Christ.
I was always raised as a student first and an athlete second. I think that's the main purpose in college. Some athletes lose that perspective.
I know I've made mistakes.
Losing, I believe... losing is too easy. And I hate easy stuff.
I experienced different things growing up as a child that helped me. That helped mold me into the man that I am now, to the athlete that I am now.
A lot of people thought I was fat, but I'm proving everybody wrong.
I look good, and I know it.
Sometimes checking that ball down is the simple decision. It's about moving the chains. It's about a completion here and a completion there. And that's how you know the game really slows down is when you're able to do that, when it's just second nature.
My goal is to get better every year and statistically that has happened in a lot of different things.
I just have to keep working hard.
I always knew that my identity wasn't in football. It wasn't in baseball. I knew it's always been in Christ and just my upbringing has always led me to have a tremendous faith that God was going to see me through and he would not give me too much that I couldn't bear.
My mother was the youngest of 11 kids and I grew up in her family's household. I was blessed to have my dad in my life and his family lived right down the street from the church.
God is teaching me to really just take small increments towards Him every single day. One thing about Jesus. He's always walking towards us because he wants to guide us. But all we have to do, we have to be willing to be vulnerable and take steps towards Him.
Well, traditionally, how I grew up, I grew up in the Baptist Church, always going to church every Sunday, Sunday school, vacation Bible school.
Coach Koetter is an amazing offensive coordinator.
Every game I try to get better and better.
The thing about this league that I've learned is that you can't really harp too much on your last game. The next game is the most important game and you've got to prepare for that.
I know I have a past.
When you can put your whole body into things, you can create so much power.
I was baptized when I was younger because I grew up in the church.
I'm just growing. Growing in faith and trying to better myself as a Christian and as a man.
Me and Coach Koetter have a great relationship, first and foremost, and we've got the same goal when we go out there on that football field - and that's to win the football game.
Coach Koetter coaches his tail off, and he definitely supports me.
My job is to win games and, hopefully, win Super Bowls.
I dream of being a Hall of Famer one day.
I believe when you're communicating with any player, you're going to have some disagreements.
I'm just ready to play football. I'm ready to get involved in the community, I'm ready to just do positive things and move forward.
You never focus on the negative.
I have nothing to prove.
I believe that people make mistakes, but I also believe that you bounce back from those and I'm just moving forward.
I always make sure I'm talking to kids about education.
Not many kids get the opportunity to meet their idol, I know I wish I did.
I'm from the same hometown as Bo Jackson, I wish Bo Jackson would've snuck in the classroom and surprised me.
The most important thing I learned is I have to get my body in shape, because those men look good. Not just the other quarterbacks - everyone. Their bodies look good.
One thing I always do in the huddle, pre-snap, is make eye contact.
One important thing I learned: When you turn the ball over in the NFL, you don't know when you are going to get that chance back.
In the NFL, you have to take advantage of every opportunity that you get, and if you don't, you'll usually lose.
I'm such a passionate player, I always want to make big plays and I always want to have excitement.
In college, I was up under this microscope everywhere I went. I couldn't go to class without somebody stalking me or asking me for something, an autograph or a picture.
Going out there and losing is so easy. I want stuff to be hard - that's why I want to win championships, I want to win games.
We showed people we can win with our backs against the wall. We've just got to do that more often.
I want to be someone who depended on his mind, his arm.
I just love the game. I've got a passion for the game.
Any way you can invest in yourself to make you play better is a good thing.
I have to be a good game manager for us to be able to win games. I like having a gunslinger mentality, though, because I'm not afraid to make any throw.