Danny Amendola Quotes

Danny Amendola

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 2, 1985

I feel like the best of the best in any sport not only plays well, but they get everyone around them to play really well, and the best they can.

Danny Amendola

Positive thoughts - get where you need to go by thinking you're going to get there.

Danny Amendola

Teams like the Patriots stress situational football moreso than a lot of other teams in the NFL.

Danny Amendola

I don't have any regrets in my career.

Danny Amendola

I'm not the biggest dude, and I'm not the fastest dude.

Danny Amendola

Baseball didn't really fit my personality as well as football does.

Danny Amendola

You come in on practice squad and you know you're not going to play in the game, you know you're not going to get any reps. It's frustrating... you don't want to just practice your whole life. You want to practice to play.

Danny Amendola

I just love playing the game. I learned it from my father, and he taught me to play every play as hard as you can, whether it's a run or it's a pass. I'm not going to be able to play forever, so I might as well go all out when I am.

Danny Amendola

It's what makes everybody better, that pressure for a spot and competing.

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I've played a lot of football in my life. I know the tempo and speed of the game.

Danny Amendola

You can learn from your mistakes but you can't harp on the bad things, the negative things that have happened. But you definitely have to learn from them and get better and improve and progress as a football player.

Danny Amendola

Here in Austin, Texas, we live in sort of rolling hill country. And I get on my mountain bike, just cruise the hills, get on the trails.

Danny Amendola

I think back into when I was in college coming out, what I had to go through, the steps I had to make. And I still play with that chip on my shoulder to this day and I always will, so that's something that'll always stay with me.

Danny Amendola

Accountability is huge and everybody has a job to do on every play and that's the really only thing you focus on.

Danny Amendola

Height is definitely an advantage no matter what position you are at.

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Returning punts is one of my favorite things to do in the whole world. It's awesome. It's like playing on the highway.

Danny Amendola

There's always adversity to overcome.

Danny Amendola

I've played a lot of people in ping-pong. I had a table growing up.

Danny Amendola