Joe Thomas Quotes

Joe Thomas

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 28, 1983

But I do hope that medicine continues to improve and, in 10 years maybe, they'll be able to fix my body better than they did for the poor guys who are crippled up from playing in the NFL in the '60s and the '70s.

Joe Thomas

In order to spur progress, we all need to be people who point out and shine a spotlight on racism wherever we see it. It doesn't always have to be confrontational, but it does need to become the societal norm that racism is identified and not tolerated in any form or fashion.

Joe Thomas

I was always the 250 pound guy that I was when I was 18 years old coming out of high school.

Joe Thomas

I'd like to play as long as I still love the game, as long as I'm still feeling healthy and playing well so a team would want me to play for them.

Joe Thomas

I can say confidently that I don't think Austin Corbett is going to play tackle in the NFL.

Joe Thomas

No, but I remember going out to Las Vegas while playing AAU for a team from Wisconsin. I'd heard about this LeBron James guy. We went to the gym to watch his team, and I was very impressed at how big and athletic he was even at that age.

Joe Thomas

The more space you have there, the better it is for the quarterback, because he's got room to move around there to avoid a rush. And also, after the point of contact, if the rusher does beat me, he still has to go another four yards before he makes a sack. Versus if you drop straight back, he only has to go two more yards.

Joe Thomas

The passion, toughness and determination that you display on a daily basis is an inspiration for myself and for all of my teammates and all the people that wear 'Cleveland' across their chest.

Joe Thomas

You don't need to over-dramatise life, you can just reflect it. It's more interesting, in a way, if it appears to ring true.

Joe Thomas

I did a history degree once.

Joe Thomas

Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.

Joe Thomas

I still spend my time feeling sorry for myself and making serious mistakes.

Joe Thomas

Who cares if they throw a football that has no air pressure? What does it matter? Why don't we let the quarterbacks do whatever they want to the football? I don't understand why there's any rules.

Joe Thomas

When the game gets eyeballs in newspapers and on TV, that's what in the end is the goal for everyone.

Joe Thomas

You just don't eat until you feel like you're gonna throw up at every meal and all of a sudden the weight falls right off.

Joe Thomas

Coming in, you're so concerned about learning your job and the things you need to do to be successful individually. Once that's good, you can start to focus on learning guys around you and learning defenses and what they're trying to do to you.

Joe Thomas

I want to learn more about the game as a whole and about the finer points of technique across the line of scrimmage. I want to learn more about coverages and blitzes so I can kind of see the game before it happens.

Joe Thomas

It would be like when the Cubs won the World Series. Everybody in the country has probably been cheering for them for so long because they've been suffering for so long. And you want to cheer for teams like the Browns.

Joe Thomas

My mentality from the day I started playing sports was that you get up, you dust yourself off and you do it again.

Joe Thomas

I'm hired to do a job. They expect me to do a job, and that job requires me to get my butt up and get back to the huddle, get the play and go do it another time. And until I can't physically get up, I'm going to do that.

Joe Thomas