A biography for Adam Vinatierihasn’t been written yet.
“There's some guys - Michael Jordan and Mariano Rivera and Tiger Woods - that were blessed with the ability just to be... great.”
“I mean, if I was going to leave New England, it wasn't going to be just for the sake of leaving.”
“Eleven wins is hard to come by.”
“As kickers, it's all about being able to block out the crowd noise, being able to block out certain aspects of the game, and just do your job no matter what the circumstances are.”
“In golf, there are times when you hit a ball so perfectly that you never feel the ball leave your club.”
“Every kicker that's in this league has kicked a million or so balls. You just have that swing; you know what you have to do, and you go out there and do it.”
“I feel that as long as I'm an asset and not a liability I'm still loving the game as much as I ever have.”
“I think the thing is that kickers are getting better.”
“I just try to help my team win the best I can.”
“I don't know if I'm a clutch hunter, but I'm an avid one.”
“If you do something enough with purpose long enough, you're eventually going to get really good at it.”
“Will I still get a slice of pizza? Will I drink a beer or two? Absolutely. You still have to live, but I try to do things in moderation.”
“The older you get, the more difficult it is to keep your body right.”
“I'm a Red Sox fan, but I still have a lot of respect for Mariano Rivera, who's the best closer of all-time.”
“I'd love to be on 'Man vs. Wild.'”
“I know I'm going to shoot a buffalo.”
“I was born with a shotgun in my hand, chasing pheasant through the cornfields. My dad probably started taking me out when I was 4, 5 or 6 years old.”
“One thing I always noticed out of Bill Parcells is that he always wanted a good class of blue-collar, hardworking guys that he felt like he could win games with that way... When the difficult times came about he knew who was going to perform.”
“To be able to play a couple of decades, I never thought I'd play that long.”
“I think you can develop your ability to be clutch, if that's the word that you will use, your ability to focus and to be able to block out all the external stuff.”