Nnamdi Asomugha Quotes

Nnamdi Asomugha

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 6, 1981

There's a drive, there's a hunger inside of me that says, 'I know what I can do and I'm going to get it done.'

Nnamdi Asomugha

I grew up in L.A. in the '80s, and the Lakers were the biggest thing to ever hit the world at that time.

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Football came in at an interesting time. My dad passed, and my brother was one year older than me. And so he was basically the man of the house - at like age 12. So I really just started doing whatever he did, and football was his thing, so I got into football.

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When I was a kid, I thought good acting was fascinating, and I could tell the difference. I could see that at like 9 years old.

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You become a family when you're on a football team. It's the ultimate team sport, so you have no choice but to feel like family, and that never leaves you.

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I help receivers on my team every now and then, but I'm slow to do even that because they could end up my opponent the following year.

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It can be a bit sententious in the Nigerian household, to the point where you feel like with any wrong step you've set yourself back so far. It's like everything has to be done right.

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I was always the person who would make the mistake. I was the one who would get suspended from school.

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I remember players talking to Willie Brown in my presence. Receivers asking, 'Is this who you drafted? I can't believe this is who you drafted.' I was hearing it from my defensive backs: 'Man, you got a long way to go.'

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To look back where I started from, you can't help but be amazed.

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I learned early in my career that I had to be prepared for life after football because you never knew when it would end.

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Something clicked, and I was like, 'I gotta be prepared. This could end at any time.' That was my second year in the league. From that point on I started doing broadcasting and things like that in an attempt to find my passion - something I could do after football.

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After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer.

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As a player, you're not really in control of your destiny and the way you make a living.

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I've been blessed. I've had a fortunate, successful career in the NFL. It's been longer than I initially expected when I came into the NFL.

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I'm grateful for all the teams that I've played for, the fans, the organizations, the front offices, the list goes on and on.

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Just to have the opportunity to play in the NFL, I think it's the biggest dream come true for me.

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In great Al Davis fashion, he took a reach that he believed in and instilled confidence in me like nobody else could. I was able to become all that he expected of me.

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I always grade myself hard.

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