Andrew Whitworth Quotes

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Andrew Whitworth

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 12, 1981

As I say, 'Every tackle's nightmare is third and long.'

Andrew Whitworth

As an older lineman, if you start to sit around, you get stiff. You get tired. Things start to set in.

Andrew Whitworth

Every team, in some sense, plays dirty. The game of football is dirty.

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I want the young guys to say, 'How old is this guy that's blocking me every play?'

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Being a mentor and a leader, I've always urged guys, if you're ever allowed to be a free agent, to take advantage of that opportunity.

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Joey Porter is not one of the people I have respect for. His unprofessionalism is ridiculous.

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I feel like what's made me the player I am is always being willing to take the challenge.

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There's a lot of veteran players that, honestly, being comfortable where they play is more important. And that's just not me.

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It's our country. I have a lot of pride in it and the flag and what that's about and all the people who fought for it.

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Freedom is a part of protest as well.

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Leadership, to me, is about the ability to have people want to hear what you have to say. People want to be around you, people want to believe in what you tell them, and they feel good when they walk away from you about who they are and what they're doing.

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My mentality is always to seek perfection, and you'll find that if you can get somewhere close to it or in the vicinity of that, that's good.

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You learn the most by listening and so, to me, always just listening, always just paying attention and finding out what it is that people see in somebody like them. You find those things, and you try to figure out how to fit them into who you are, who you want to be, and how you want to lead.

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To me, it's about always trying to make decisions that reflect my leadership and who I am.

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