Adam Thielen Quotes

Adam Thielen

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 22, 1990

That's something you work on Day 1. You never stop your route.

Adam Thielen

I've always been a very observant person, a visual person. That's my way of learning. Things on paper, notes and things like that, don't help me the same way as watching things live.

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In this league, it's all about being close to 100 percent on game day.

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For me, Thursday night football is a great time for me to enjoy the game with my family, as I'm not able to watch as much on Sundays.

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When you're coming into training camp, there's not a whole lot that is familiar. When you can grab something from it, it keeps you calm and helps you just play football.

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You make yourself tougher in the offseason.

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It's really nice to be able to go into the offseason and attack the training as soon as possible.

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Whatever play is called, I go run the route.

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It's the same thing as a competitor with anything whether it be a play, an injury, a distraction. You just put it behind you, you take the situation for what it is and you control what you control and the people that do that the best are usually the more successful team, person, individual, what have you.

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Just because you're drafted, No. 1, doesn't mean you're going to make a team and, No. 2, it doesn't mean you're going to be around a long time. Especially at receiver, where there are only five and the last two have to play a lot of special teams or they're gone.

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I always played 'FIFA' and stuff like that growing up, and seeing those guys celebrate, I kind of got inspiration from that.

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If I get a target, I want the ball in my hands.

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It doesn't matter what play is called, you have to run that play and you have to be successful on it. It just comes down to execution, all 11 players doing the right thing.

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I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

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You have to be able to hit the deep balls.

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In high school I just loved to compete and play sports. I didn't have a sport that I was going to say, 'Hey, I'm going to play this at the next level.' Whatever my best opportunity was was what I was going to do.

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Being a part of the practice squad was a tough year for me.

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Defenses usually are trying to take away the guys who are getting a lot of catches earlier in the season.

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You have to be able to make plays.

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We know how hard it is to get to the playoffs in general, and then to get to the NFC Championship Game. You just never know if you'll have the opportunity again, so you really want to make the most of it.

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