Justin Tucker Quotes

Justin Tucker

Profession : Football Player

Birth : November 21, 1989

With the altitude in the Rocky Mountains, the ball jumps off your foot.

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Coming up with a nickname is the media's deal.

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I've never attempted a 75-yarder in a game, but should the opportunity arise, not a whole lot would be different between a 75-yard attempt and a PAT.

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We make these analogies to golf, how it's like you're driving a ball off a tee box when you're trying to kick a ball from farther away, but the difference in the trajectory, I think, is manageable if you're hitting a good ball. Those first six to eight yards are the most important.

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In practice I've hit from 79 yards.

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In all seriousness, it is a day-to-day thing. It's not even day-to-day; it's one kick to the next - just make the next kick. It's always been, 'Make the next kick.'

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I don't know if that is something we are all born with to handle big-stage, limelight moments, but maybe it comes more easily for some, and I think I may fall into that category. Maybe that is how I am wired.

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Where I am the most athletic is in my mind.

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That's why kickers will always have a place in this game because no one can quite do it like the Adam Vinatieri's or Morton Anderson's, they are built different. Their mind is their greatest asset.

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To know that anybody would go out and buy my jersey or get my jersey as a gift, that's something I don't take lightly. That is a huge honor and it is a privilege to wear that jersey in the first place.

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Man, I love Detroit.

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Both of my parents, Paul and Michelle, are Catholic, so I was raised in the Church from birth. The rich traditions of the Church have always been a part of my life.

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Every time I've faced a tough challenge or had a setback of some kind, I've always gone back to my faith - in the Holy Trinity, the communion of saints, our holy Mother Mary.

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The saint I admire most for his firm standing in Christian faith as the 'Rock' - or the protector - of the Church is Peter.

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Some people think it must be tough maintaining a Christ-centered life in the NFL, or in any pro sport for that matter, but I've found it to be quite the opposite.

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That ability to make work fun can take you a long way.

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I know, without a doubt, how fortunate I am to do what I do, and I am very grateful for my opportunities.

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I think art is the imperfectly perfect or perfectly imperfect way of self-expression.

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Art has helped shape me in a way that is maybe unique, but I've also got to go and put my own form of art out there for the world to see.

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I really first got interested in music on a little bit of a deeper level maybe around sixth or seventh grade. I joined the middle school band.

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