A biography for Greg Olsenhasn’t been written yet.
“When I was a junior in high school, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. To see her struggle and go through chemo, radiation and surgery, and all those things made a huge impact on us as a family.”
“For a young kid to be expected at 15, 16, 17 years old to know what to do - it's hard. It's a tough ask.”
“Typically in training camp, especially as I've gotten older, we were always very selective with the plays. If it was a pass or a look I needed to get in the run game or pass protection, I was always in there to get it.”
“I never want to see active or retired players ever struggle. The basic human being in me wants to see guys leave the game as healthy as possible.”
“We have an amazing family and our kids and just so much to look forward to for our life. You just don't want to ever take that for granted because we found out pretty fast that it's pretty fragile.”
“At the end of the day I'm a football player. I'm paid to be prepared and people rely on me to get a job done, and I will never jeopardize that or sacrifice any efforts toward that goal.”
“I've always been a guy who didn't mind speaking to reporters.”
“I probably have the longest pre-game warm-up in the NFL - it's actually gotten longer over the years.”
“Don't dive into the weeds of mock drafts and rumors, because that's all that they are. They're just rumors.”
“It takes two sides to put things together.”
“I've always been a stroller guy. I love pushing them.”
“I don't mind being with a bunch of chicks. I'm around boys non-stop. I'm totally cool having a break from dudes.”
“There's a lot that goes into being able to play every game and every practice and take every rep. Every year it gets a little bit harder, but I also enjoy that challenge.”
“Be productive, but be productive consistently.”
“In the football world, we throw around words like 'sacrifice,' 'hard work' and 'hero.'”
“I think you don't take things for granted. You don't think you're going to just show up, because you've won in the past, thinking that all of a sudden that means that it's going to happen again.”
“You look at the skills involved, especially with things like lateral movement or change of direction, and there's definitely a strong correlation between playing basketball and playing tight end.”
“I think that at some point the NFL and the NCAA years ago or decades ago, whenever the time frame is kind of struck up that agreement as a 'we'll take care of you, you take care of us.'”
“Guys every year across the league look for new contracts. That's just the business in the NFL.”
“I've had some good games and some not so good games, hopefully all the fans remember the good ones.”