Stefon Diggs
Being away from the game you love so much, it will mess with your mind.
When you have the ball in your hand, you're the most important guy in the whole organization.
I work hard and do things the way they're supposed to be done just so I can have success out here. I always want more.
Whether I'm playing right now or not, I still have an opportunity to get better in practice. It's like sharpening my blade.
After my first year, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, what I wanted to get better at, and how I was going to do it.
Coming into my second year, my main thing is to show growth - show that I can be consistent and play at a high level all the time.
I understood it's a business as far as when you're drafting someone, and you want a guy you can trust. But there were no questions on my ability or character.
My father started me in football. So what better way is there to honor him than to wear his last name on my back and make him proud?
I'm a football fanatic. I love the game of football. I love learning new things, and I love being taught things. So I try to learn as much as I can, and even at a young age, I was really focused on how to be better and trying to learn all the techniques.
Press coverage is nothing different. I mean, you win off the line, you win. It's that simple.
I know I can pick up a playbook.
I can compete with anybody. I'm a true competitor. I'm a winner.
I picked up yoga. I tried to do cooking a little bit. I almost burned my house down, but it's all good. So I just stuck to yoga.
It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.
I have to go at a good pace because how you practice, that's how you play.
I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.
I take my craft seriously.
At the end of the day, I don't care how many catches I have or how many yards I have. As long as the Ws keep stacking up in the win column, I'm happy.
I didn't play receiver my whole life. I played running back, and I liked a bunch of running backs coming up, but I never tried to emulate them.
My dad never gave me pats on the back or congratulations. There was always more to give and more to get done.
Credit comes with success, and I need to have a lot more of it. In due time - I'm not rushing.
When you're not able to play ball anymore, you see who's really there for you. I would say that God works in mysterious ways, and He gets rid of your friends for you - the ones who were never really your real friends.
You get down, but you have to pick your teammates up. Good things are eventually going to happen. There's no way around that for your team if you practice well enough.
I try not to pay too much attention to the surroundings when you've got plays to worry about. It doesn't really matter. All we need is the grass and a couple of lines. We'll make it work and execute no matter what. At the end of the day, that's football.
I believe in my ability and my mental toughness. I know I can pick up a playbook, like anybody can, and I can compete with anybody.
I just feel like it's my job to take care of my body. I play a contact sport, 99.9 percent injury rate. As far as being injury-prone or getting hurt, it's going to happen. But it's my job to take care of my body, come week in and week out.