Brian Banks Quotes

Brian Banks

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 24, 1985

You can do nothing, or you can take on the challenge of taking on the adversity. You have got to have faith. You have to have faith in whatever you believe in.

Brian Banks

It's not what you go through, but how that experience affects you. For some people, it could be a near car crash that changes your life. For other people, it could take five years of going to prison for them to realize they need change in their life. So it's not really the experience but more how the experience affects you.

Brian Banks

If I can be some kind of vessel to show people that, no matter the hard time you experienced, you can still succeed, I want to put out that positive energy to never quit and never give up.

Brian Banks

I think of my mother constantly. And how she sacrificed her home and car for my freedom.

Brian Banks

The physical aspects of the game, it's probably the highlight for me. It's a way for me to get a lot of anger and stress off of my shoulders.

Brian Banks

To make a 53-man roster would be a huge accomplishment - right up there with getting exonerated for a crime I didn't commit.

Brian Banks

From the perspective of everything I went through to have played in four NFL games, it was one of the best experiences of my life.

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You have to realize that myself and others that have been wrongfully convicted of crimes, we've dealt with the situation. You realize that you're not going to survive in prison or progress as a human being if you allow yourself to continue to hold on to this negative energy.

Brian Banks

Behind bars, everyone's an inmate. Everybody has their skeletons; everybody has their story.

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There's just so much I want to do in life. Part of that is to use my story and use my experiences to give back to other people.

Brian Banks

There are many innocent people in prison.

Brian Banks

If my story can help someone to better themselves in life, then so be it.

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Football is just one part of me. It's not the be-all, end all.

Brian Banks

I have to share my story. Not for me, but for the people who might go through the same thing and for juveniles who have gotten in trouble.

Brian Banks

People see me as something I'm not.

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I feel my situation is no different from anybody else's experiences.

Brian Banks

For me, I just want to be positive.

Brian Banks

I want to be in a better position than what I was yesterday. The only way that can happen is by eliminating any negative ill will or feelings toward anyone.

Brian Banks

I can hold on to that, that bitterness and that anger. It won't get me anywhere.

Brian Banks

I will exhaust every opportunity there is in football.

Brian Banks