Minkah Fitzpatrick Quotes

Minkah Fitzpatrick

Profession : Football Player

Birth : November 17, 1996

The safety position is harder mentally than the other two. I think nickel is overall the hardest, both mentally and physically. Outside corner is a whole different monster on its own, just being out there. I would just say all three of them are pretty hard.

Minkah Fitzpatrick

I think teams started taking less shots downfield, taking less shots wherever I was. So if I was in the middle of the field, they weren't going to be throwing it towards the middle of the field.

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I am going to make some mistakes.

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Every single week, no matter who I'm going against, my confidence is building up more and more.

Minkah Fitzpatrick

I'm just a football player and that's it. So wherever I'm needed at, that's where I'm going to be comfortable at.

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Every single day I get to walk out on the field is a huge honor. It's a blessing.

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I just have to do what coaches ask me to do. Do my job. I'm doing a pretty good job with that.

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I love the University of Alabama.

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Troy was a play-maker. He was an extremely instinctive safety and moved around, could do whatever they asked him to do. I kind of see myself in a similar light. He's a guy that had a nose for the football.

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If you're a great football player, the best way to learn is from other great football players, so Troy's definitely a guy, whether I played here or for another team, I definitely would model my game after.

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I think one of your goals is to, one, make sure your coaches keep their jobs, because that depends on our play, and, two, that they get promoted. When they get promoted, that means they're doing something right.

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It's exciting for any professional athlete going through something to just stay true to who you are, keep your head down, keep working and, at the end of the day, you're going to get what you deserve.

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Who's out there on the other side, it don't matter to me. We just got to do our job.

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After being drafted in the first round, it's not common that you get traded the following year. I had to make decisions and lock in and really try to turn things around.

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Anybody is protective over their mother, but she's very protective over myself.

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I played on a big stage in college.

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Pittsburgh is a historic program. Been known for a great defense.

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Football's football at the end of the day.

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It's the terminology that's the hard part to learn. But if you tell me to go cover the curl flat, I can cover the curl flat. But when it's green 72 right, that's a little bit different.

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Every single year I want to just top what I did the past year.

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