Marquise Goodwin Quotes

Marquise Goodwin

Profession : Football Player

Birth : November 19, 1990

At the end of the day, all I can focus on is doing what I need to do, as a player, to help the team win.

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What I do in long jump and track and field, it definitely correlates with what I do as a receiver. With being fast and being explosive and putting my foot down. It's the same mechanics that I use in football and track.

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I really don't focus on the competition at all. Like even on the football field it's me versus me.

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My teammates give me a hard time about that all the time, 'Hey, if you catch the ball and get in an open field, I want you to long jump from the 10 into the end zone.'... I might make it happen one of these days.

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I like track and field for the simple reason that I determine my own outcome. I don't rely on my coach or the president or the CEO making a decision. I'm kind of like the CEO of my own corporation.

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I chose to leave my wife at the hospital after prematurely birthing our first baby due to incompetent cervix, which resulted in a fatality, to play in a football game. I felt like I had to prove to my coaches and new team that I was dedicated to winning and I wouldn't let anything keep me from that goal, not even my family.

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My wife at home. She didn't have a pregnant belly anymore, nobody to cling to, no shoulder to cry on, no one to talk to, while I'm at work getting the love and everybody just patting me on the back. I was mad. I felt that I should be at home helping my best friend get past the grief.

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I always dreamed of doing this, being able to do track and field and the NFL at the same time.

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I love long-jumping, and if I'm granted the opportunity without repercussions, then I will pursue it further, but I'm obligated to Buffalo Bills football and that's the main focus.

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People who don't understand will try to label me as one or the other. I'm an athlete and a lot of people just have to come to terms with that. I do well in football, I do well in track. It is what it is.

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It won't change that I'm an Olympian if you call me a football player, and it won't change that I'm an NFL player if you call me a track and field athlete.

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All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

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I have definitely got more than a few pieces of cheetah in my wardrobe.

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I've stayed sharp, basically through football workouts. I cater those workouts to track-specific things, so I don't lose the rhythm I've always had to keep football and track in balance.

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I don't want to get too much on the football side and gain weight, so I'm as fast on the field.

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When the ball is in the air, my job is to catch it, no matter where it's at, no matter how it is, no matter how difficult or how easy, you've just got to make it.

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I'm looking to run the fastest, but I want to prove that I'm more than a speed guy.

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I'm definitely not a track guy playing football. I'm a football guy that just happens to jump really far.

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I have proved I have more than linear speed. Track guys are known for not being able to catch, for not having good hands.

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I'm tough. I have taken on hits, I've blocked. I even got MVP for blocking one game and I didn't even touch a ball that game.

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