I think any time you can go out and put pads on and practice before the season, I think it's a good sign. It's a good sign.
I don't even enjoy football, at least professional football, anymore because I'm breaking the game down constantly. You're sitting there watching the plays, and you're talking mental reps on what would I have done here against this coverage or this leverage, this, that. It is what it is.
Ball security is job security here.
I try to live by the 80/20 rule - 80% clean, 20% cheat. During the week and while I train, I eat as clean as possible. But I always like myself a good cheat day, which includes a juicy burger.
You've got these young kids out here that have to learn, but you learn from the guys above you. I learned from the Kevin Faulks.
I like to leisurely cruise around town on a longboard.
I definitely follow fashion and trends and will sporadically add them to my wardrobe in an organic way. But my style, at its core, is a minimal, clean, and timeless look.
We never quit.
As a young player here in New England, there's a lot of ups and downs.
I can say playing for the New England Patriots has been the highlight of my life.
When I was growing up, I was a huge San Francisco 49ers fan. The New England Patriots have a similar mold and plan to win a lot of games - reminiscent to that Bill Walsh era.
It's always exciting to get back out there with the teammates and start a new year and get on the field.
Special teams is one-third of the game.
When you become a pa, you have different priorities now, and you're not living for yourself; you're living for someone else now.
It's the NFL, so anytime you get to go out and get to play against another team, there's going to be some physicality.
Everyone's got talent at the level we're at. But being a smart, tough football player - there's a huge premium for that.
I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.
There are different types of cornerbacks: you've got your longer guys that will try to get physical with you and use their length, and you've got your quick guys that will try to use their quickness, and then you've got your 'tweener' guys that will try to use both.
Your job as a receiver is to get open and catch the ball and block in the run game.
The No. 1 rule you're taught as a receiver: You've just got to watch the ball. You hear about the guy who was lucky. But the guy who was lucky got an opportunity, and he was prepared for it. Sometimes the ball falls your way, and, you know, we'll take it.
