There were so many stories and so many instances where I had guys telling me that this game was for two-handed players and not for one-handed players, and I'll go out here and get myself hurt.
— Shaquem Griffin
It doesn't matter where I play at - as long as I get an opportunity to help better my team in any aspect, I'll play anything.
The more I show what I'm going through, the more I can give answers, the more I can help those on the outside looking in.
People don't wanna take a chance. And I just feel like that's what it was, it's like that in every single level I've been in, from little league to high school and college.
Nobody was ever going to tell me that I didn't belong on a football field. And nobody was ever going to tell me that I couldn't be great.
If you got a disability or a handicap, that means you're limited to certain things. And I don't feel like I'm limited to nothing. I can do anything anybody else can do.
I'm going to keep proving people wrong because I have a lot of people to prove wrong, a lot of doubters.
When I was at UCF, I played a lot of different positions, so I don't feel uncomfortable moving around.
Everybody in this world deserves to show what they can do without anybody telling them they can't.
I get underestimated every single day.
I don't define myself by my successes. I define myself by adversity and how I've persevered.
It's nothing, really, for me to be able to say it's overwhelming or anything. It's just - you do the interviews, you interact with everybody, and you make sure that, at the end of the day, you focus on why you're here, and that's to play football and make sure I can contribute as a teammate.
I remember there was a time when I didn't get any attention at all. There was a time when I didn't have anybody asking what was going on and what I had to overcome, so it feels good.
Don't matter if I am playing on special teams, don't matter if I am playing linebacker: I want to be the best at what I am doing.
I think me having one hand made me work even harder than many other people.
Please don't tell me what I can't do.
