We're professional athletes, and we have moments where we step back, and we have to think and assess everything in life.
— Nick Foles
I can't play football forever.
I've been in games where execution hasn't gone like you want it. The key is you remain confident because you know who you are.
I grew up in the restaurant business, and that's always something I wanted to do.
There's definitely times when I'm tempted to look at the future, like any of us are. I'd be lying if that wasn't the case. But you have to reel back in and stay in the present.
I've always held myself to high standards.
Getting through the reads in an efficient manner. I don't want to stay on receivers too long to where a bad decision is made.
I know when I listen to people speak and they share their weaknesses, I'm listening, because I can resonate.
All glory to God.
Sometimes, the hardest things are just the simple things. Basically, get out of your own head and just go play the game you know how to play.
In sports, everything is a process.
I love everything about this city, Philadelphia.
You've got to let your talents shine and play and trust the guys you play with.
Really focusing on what I have to do right now... no matter what role I'm playing - it alleviates everything around me and makes everything a lot more simple.
We might be in the NFL, but we still have our daily struggles.
If something is going on and you are struggling, embrace it. You are growing.
After my time with a certain NFL team, I wanted to retire.
I want to be a pastor in a high school.
I know that throughout my career, I haven't always played great games.
That's something that's so often overlooked in this game - the dynamics of the locker room.
I shouldn't have to come out and say, 'Hey, I should be a starter again.' There's a lot of guys that say that, that shouldn't be starters. The key is to go out on the field and lead your team to show people that, 'Hey, this guy is a good guy in the locker room. He can lead a team. He did it on the field. He's shown it.'
Getting all the things down game-management wise, that's what I want to excel at.
You keep adding things to your game. You never want to stay the same. You want to be consistent.
We're all human; we all have weaknesses.
I do like Uggs.
Throughout my career, I've always loved hitting deep shots over the top. A lot of times, those plays just come to you. You don't want to force it.
Coach Pederson is the one who drafted me. He was the only coach who flew down to Texas and worked me out. I was only worked out by one team, and that was by Coach Pederson... the Philadelphia Eagles took a chance on me.
Carson Wentz, he's always continuing to improve.
I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.
You always want to know, What makes a team great? It's the relationships. It's when you take the field, you actually care about each other. And when you care about each other, you play harder, and you trust the guy next to you.
I'm not perfect.
My mom and dad both worked when I was little... My mom, her mom died when she was 11, so she had a rough childhood as well. She put herself through college in three years at the University of Texas - while working a job to pay for it.
Now, to be a father, that changes everything.
I just want to thank the good Lord for giving me the ability to play the game I love.
When you're playing in the NFL, you can only do this for a short amount of time. Guys retire before they're 30. If you play forever, you play into your 40s - and you're still a young man with a lot of life left to live.
The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
I know I have the ability to start, and I have the ability to play.
You just want to put the ball in play, whether I want to throw it downfield and it's not there, so I check it down, and it's a productive play and let the running back get a first down. Just keep the chains moving.
I'm not living in the past.
Things happen fast. That's this league. You can't slow down, because it's going.
You could ask yourself, 'Hey, when you were 20, are you the same person?' You're not. You may have the same values, you might look a little older, you might have some things that are the same, but your heart, everything about you, starts growing, changing - good or bad. It just depends on how you approach life.
Everything you do in life is a process that you work at it, and you can't give up.
I can't do something unless my heart is in it.
I think the big thing with Philly is I have such a great relationship with all the personnel decision makers that if there ever does come a day where I am traded or something does happen, it's going to be an open conversation.
I've always tried to live in the moment.
It doesn't matter if it's first-, second-, third-, fourth-, fifth-string snaps - any time you get a snap and get to go out there and practice, you build a database of information.
When you are having a rough day... you think you are failing. But failure is a part of life. It's about building character and growing.
My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.
