Motivational Quotes from NFL's Highest Paid Players

Football, considered the ultimate blood sport by many mainstream athletes. When you get on the field it’s often a power struggle between you and your opponent. Staying motivated when the goal of your opponent is to crush you can be daunting to say the least. Here are some motivational quotes from the NFL’s highest paid players.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES BY NFL’S TOP PAID ATHLETES

Andrew Luck – $30 Million – Quarterback, Indianapolis Colts

Best Motivational Quotes from Andrew Luck

I’m not afraid to say I’m competitive

No one prepares to lose … we prepare to win.

The victories are what I judge things on.

I think leadership is most effective when it’s your own personality. But I feel like it’s a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.

I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you’re essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.

2. Tom Brady – $29 Million – Quarterback, New England Patriots

Best Motivational quotes from Tom Brady

You wanna know which ring is my favorite? The next one.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?

You push your body to the limited but you have to train your body to deal with the limits

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

3. Joe Flacco – $29 Million – Quarterback, Baltimore Ravens

Best Motivational quotes from Joe Flacco

I would assume everybody thinks they are a top-five quarterback. I think I’m the best. I don’t think I’m top five, I think I’m the best. I don’t think I’d be very successful at my job if I didn’t feel that way.

We’re not going to apologize for acting like a good football team.

It’s going to be a fight to the end, we’re not going to give up.

I was sitting there thinking, ‘There’s no way. There’s no way we stop them here. But we did.

4. Olivier Vernon – $29 Million – Defensive End, New York Giants

Best Motivational quotes from Olivier Vernon are yet to be found. (We had to keep him on the list though since this is a list of the highest paid NFL players. Maybe with his new big checks he’ll say something quotable.)

5. Fletcher Cox – $27.299 Million – Defensive Tackle, Philadelphia Eagles

Best Motivational quotes from Fletcher Cox

It don’t matter to me, We’re preparing to stop Dallas. I’m not doing any research about what’s happening with them and their injuries. The thing is, we want to make sure we’re focused on taking care of business in this game.

Young ones like us are always competitive, That’s what keeps that energy going in that room.

We won – that’s the biggest thing, We finished the game and won.

I think I got into a rhythm going into the game, Actually, a few of the plays, I called them out before they happened. It all came from studying film and knowing when things were going to happen before they happened.

I’m making the most of my opportunities, I know I have a lot of pressures, not a lot of sacks, but hey, it just comes with the defense. The sacks will come – I’m not frustrated about that. The most important stat at the end of the day is a W.

6. Justin Houston – $23.5 Million – Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs

Best Motivational quotes from Justin Houston

I stayed in shape. I made sure I was going to be in shape when I showed up.

I told him I earned my touchdown. His touchdown was given.

I honestly didn’t pay attention to that. I wanted to win, I felt like everything was going to work out in our favor if we won, we’d be in the playoffs.

7. Philip Rivers – $22 Million – Quarterback, San Diego Chargers

Best motivational quotes from Philip Rivers

I’m excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

You prepare. You study. You’ve got to be ready for anything.

I’m getting better every day.

I’m out there having as good a time as I did in the backyard since I was five-years-old.

There is a sense of urgency. I think you can only say ‘We’re close’ and ‘We’re building’ for so long. At some point we’re built, let’s go.

8. Brock Osweiler – $21 Million – Quarterback, Houston Texans

Best motivational quotes from Brock Osweiler

There’s a lot of stuff in our playbook. There’s great detail that goes into it. Each day, I’m just coming in trying to study as much as I possibly can, watch as much film, so when I come out to the practice field I’m as comfortable as I can be.

Have I played perfect, though? Absolutely not, I think that’s the one thing over the course of these three football games. I’m learning so much every, single time I’m out there on the field.

As a quarterback, and as an offense, you want to score points every drive. As a quarterback, you want to throw the ball 50 times. But, with the defense we have, maybe that’s not the best formula to win football games as the Denver Broncos of 2015.

We got a quick start, a quick score, We slowed down a little bit throughout the game. We did what we had to do to stay in it.

I’m not 2-0, This team’s 2-0 in the past two weeks. And I think that’s the biggest thing. This team fights together. We’ll go anywhere. We’ll play anybody. And, you know, this is a special team win.

9. Drew Brees, – $20 Million – Quarterback, New Orleans Saints

Best motivational quotes from Drew Brees

You can always be a little bit better.

There’s always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.

There’s not anything, I don’t think, that I can do or accomplish.

That says it all. When you say, ‘Victory,’ that says it all.

10. Cam Newton – $20 Million – Quarterback, Carolina Panthers

Best motivational quotes from Cam Newton

A person that says losing is not difficult, I don’t even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.

I’ve been on record to say I’m a sore loser. You show me a good loser and I’m going to show you a loser. It’s not a popularity contest. I’m here to win football games.

What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain’t going to happen. That’s the type of person I am. I’m that lion.

I’m a living testament that anything is possible.

I scratch my head sometimes and ask myself, ‘Why I am in this position?’ A lot of answers I come back with are, ‘Why not?’

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MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES BY NFL’S TOP PAID ATHLETES

Andrew Luck – $30 Million – Quarterback, Indianapolis Colts

I’m not afraid to say I’m competitive

No one prepares to lose … we prepare to win.

The victories are what I judge things on.

I think leadership is most effective when it’s your own personality. But I feel like it’s a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.

I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you’re essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.

2. Tom Brady – $29 Million – Quarterback, New England Patriots

You wanna know which ring is my favorite? The next one.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?

You push your body to the limited but you have to train your body to deal with the limits

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

3. Joe Flacco – $29 Million – Quarterback, Baltimore Ravens

I would assume everybody thinks they are a top-five quarterback. I think I’m the best. I don’t think I’m top five, I think I’m the best. I don’t think I’d be very successful at my job if I didn’t feel that way.

We’re not going to apologize for acting like a good football team.

It’s going to be a fight to the end, we’re not going to give up.

I was sitting there thinking, ‘There’s no way. There’s no way we stop them here. But we did.

4. Olivier Vernon – $29 Million – Defensive End, New York Giants

5. Fletcher Cox – $27.299 Million – Defensive Tackle, Philadelphia Eagles

It don’t matter to me, We’re preparing to stop Dallas. I’m not doing any research about what’s happening with them and their injuries. The thing is, we want to make sure we’re focused on taking care of business in this game.

I’m making the most of my opportunities, I know I have a lot of pressures, not a lot of sacks, but hey, it just comes with the defense. The sacks will come – I’m not frustrated about that. The most important stat at the end of the day is a W.

6. Justin Houston – $23.5 Million – Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs

I stayed in shape. I made sure I was going to be in shape when I showed up.

I told him I earned my touchdown. His touchdown was given.

I honestly didn’t pay attention to that. I wanted to win, I felt like everything was going to work out in our favor if we won, we’d be in the playoffs.

7. Philip Rivers – $22 Million – Quarterback, San Diego Chargers

I’m excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

You prepare. You study. You’ve got to be ready for anything.

I’m getting better every day.

I’m out there having as good a time as I did in the backyard since I was five-years-old.

There is a sense of urgency. I think you can only say ‘We’re close’ and ‘We’re building’ for so long. At some point we’re built, let’s go.

8. Brock Osweiler – $21 Million – Quarterback, Houston Texans

There’s a lot of stuff in our playbook. There’s great detail that goes into it. Each day, I’m just coming in trying to study as much as I possibly can, watch as much film, so when I come out to the practice field I’m as comfortable as I can be.

Have I played perfect, though? Absolutely not, I think that’s the one thing over the course of these three football games. I’m learning so much every, single time I’m out there on the field.

As a quarterback, and as an offense, you want to score points every drive. As a quarterback, you want to throw the ball 50 times. But, with the defense we have, maybe that’s not the best formula to win football games as the Denver Broncos of 2015.

We got a quick start, a quick score, We slowed down a little bit throughout the game. We did what we had to do to stay in it.

I’m not 2-0, This team’s 2-0 in the past two weeks. And I think that’s the biggest thing. This team fights together. We’ll go anywhere. We’ll play anybody. And, you know, this is a special team win.

9. Drew Brees, – $20 Million – Quarterback, New Orleans Saints

You can always be a little bit better.

There’s always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.

There’s not anything, I don’t think, that I can do or accomplish.

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10. Cam Newton – $20 Million – Quarterback, Carolina Panthers

A person that says losing is not difficult, I don’t even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.

I’ve been on record to say I’m a sore loser. You show me a good loser and I’m going to show you a loser. It’s not a popularity contest. I’m here to win football games.

What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain’t going to happen. That’s the type of person I am. I’m that lion.

I’m a living testament that anything is possible.

I scratch my head sometimes and ask myself, ‘Why I am in this position?’ A lot of answers I come back with are, ‘Why not?’

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