A biography for Nnamdi Asomughahasn’t been written yet.
“My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free.”
“Doing interviews after a game, you can't give your true emotions. You can't tap into them. So when you do that for so long, you go into acting and it can be difficult to suddenly just be open and vulnerable.”
“I think everybody has talents that haven't been tapped into. They can go unnoticed your entire life.”
“After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer.”
“The beauty of football is you have to perform through ups and downs in a public form with a team and the discipline and the pushing through it and the preparation that it takes to be great - all of those things have served me well.”
“I'm always willing to help out when people have stories and they bring them to me. I also like the completely fun films like 'Patti Cake$.' My taste is, if it feels like it's something I'd like to see, then I'll get behind it.”
“I've always worked my butt off physically and mentally.”
“Seven straight years of losing isn't fun for anyone.”
“For athletes, it's extremely tough to trust people with your finances. It's so easy to be victimized.”
“Anytime you leave something you've done and where you've been for nearly a decade, it's going to be different.”
“I grew up in L.A. in the '80s, and the Lakers were the biggest thing to ever hit the world at that time.”
“People told me all of the time, 'You could be such a big star if you just talked about yourself more,' but I'm not good at that. It's always been about team.”
“It's really refreshing to get these types of moments when people can say, 'Yeah, you're one of the best.'”
“I enjoy stories that can spark a conversation.”
“To look back where I started from, you can't help but be amazed.”
“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.”
“In film, there's always this looking for the 'If you lay down and burst into tears, you did a good job.'”
“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.”
“As a player, you're not really in control of your destiny and the way you make a living.”
“You're seen a certain way in the acting world. To them, you're still a football player and not taken as seriously. They think you're just doing it to be a celebrity, to keep your name out there. They don't think you'll prepare.”