A biography for Danny Amendolahasn’t been written yet.
“Sometimes, things don't go your way. Sometimes, they do.”
“I'm just trying to make sure if I get the ball in my hands I do something with it.”
“Even though I'd been invited to the combine, I didn't test particularly well. That didn't really surprise me, I had I no expectation that I'd shock people with an insane 40 time. But I knew things weren't looking good when I started getting asked a lot of questions about the size of my hands.”
“I love playing special teams. It's fun, it's like 'Braveheart' sometimes but it's a lot of fun.”
“Accountability is huge and everybody has a job to do on every play and that's the really only thing you focus on.”
“Strengths, I believe deep down that I am a football player, just have to do whatever it takes to win games, whatever it takes to fulfill my role on the offense and help my team win games.”
“Positive thoughts - get where you need to go by thinking you're going to get there.”
“Everybody is going to face adversity at some point, definitely when you leave college and try to get into the real world so to speak and get your first job.”
“If athletics wasn't an option, I'd probably work at like a surf shop in Hawaii on the beach, just dishing out surf boards.”
“All games are huge, especially division games, and the ones at the end of the year matter the most.”
“My job is just to get open and catch the ball so I don't really focus on who the quarterback is. But I try to build a rapport with whoever is calling the plays.”
“Obviously Tom Brady is a great quarterback.”
“Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.”
“I always drove the crappiest cars out there.”
“When I was on the practice squad, it felt like I was just a guy who came in off the street three days a week to help actual NFL players get better. It was unsettling, unfulfilling and there were a few times when I wondered whether I would get my shot. But I kept showing up and kept competing. I was too stubborn to stop believing in myself.”
“I was huge Steve Smith fan watching him play for Carolina.”
“I've been on teams that never made it to the playoffs. It wasn't fun playing meaningless football.”
“Every team communicates differently. Every verbiage is different on each team.”
“There's a difference between being injured and being hurt.”
“Coach Gase is one of the guys.”