Kirk Cousins Quotes

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Kirk Cousins

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 19, 1988

I've been taught that human nature is such that the place of privilege most often and most naturally leads to a sense of entitlement. The notion that I deserve to be treated as special because I'm privileged. The truth is, privilege should never lead to entitlement.

Kirk Cousins

I mean, my dad, is really the biggest leadership influence in my life and I believe Jesus was the greatest leaders that ever lived and I think He had the most impact on humanity of anybody who ever walked the planet.

Kirk Cousins

What impact are you making, not only today, but for eternity? What impact are you making to leave a legacy?

Kirk Cousins

If you're not plugged into something like Athletes in Action or Campus Crusade, it's difficult to keep your eyes focused on Jesus Christ because the world is telling you differently, and your sin-nature is telling you differently.

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I really put the medical school thing on hold and really chased after my football dream. And I guess I'm still chasing. I'm eight years in the NFL, and I feel very fortunate to be where I am.

Kirk Cousins

I think I play better when people say keep showing us what you've got, keep showing us. And whatever's going to get me to play at a high level is what I want to do.

Kirk Cousins

I think some of the best pieces of advice for me was when I talked to some of the great players who have had success in this league how much they emphasized the importance of rest, that you can't just go 100 miles an hour all 12 months of the year every day and just keep going. That is a recipe for burnout.

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I knew the statistics of playing pro football were 1% of 1%, so I just never planned on it.

Kirk Cousins

My job was to play football the last 16 games and do my part, and then in the offseason, really, it's just sit back and let the team or other teams let you know that they want you.

Kirk Cousins

When things are down, we can't hit the panic button, and when things are up, we can't relax. We've just got to stay consistent.

Kirk Cousins

I think at times where I fail as a leader is probably when I haven't allowed the Holy Spirit to lead and when I do allow the Holy Spirit to handle it - I think that's when I'm most successful as a leader.

Kirk Cousins

I've been raised and taught to believe that privilege should lead to responsibility - in fact to greater responsibility.

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Winning is everything, especially at this stage of my career - I'm going into Year 7. Because I've been franchise-tagged twice, I've been in a position where it's not about the money so much; it's about winning. I want to win.

Kirk Cousins

I think that being a Christian, a Jesus follower, teaches you to be selfless, to be hard-worker, to be tough, to be persistent and I don't know a single coach in the country that doesn't want those qualities from his players.

Kirk Cousins

I'm not a guy who wants to skydive and open my parachute at the last minute. I want to open my parachute right away and know what's coming.

Kirk Cousins

My plan always was to play college football, hope to get a few snaps in and then go on to medical school. As I went further in my career and got to my junior year, I realized as I looked around, 'I got a shot here, and I might as well go after it.'

Kirk Cousins

If you could, say, draw it up, I'd be a Redskin the rest of my career.

Kirk Cousins

When I come home from work, if I just played a really good game and I'm on top of the world, I think changing a diaper will humble me pretty quickly. On days when I struggle, I'll come home and I'll realize that it's not the end of the world.

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I've never been one to just let everyone see what I'm about, so sometimes there is a misperception.

Kirk Cousins

I'm totally cool being self-deprecating.

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