A biography for Nnamdi Asomughahasn’t been written yet.
“Obviously, teams are passing a lot more, and there are rules that... allow the offense to be more explosive, so you want to have as many defensive players and defensive playmakers and defensive backs that you can.”
“I always go back to the fact that one man can make a difference. No matter what the issue, we always have the power to change it.”
“I don't learn as well, I think, in like a structured way. I kind of have to be thrown into it.”
“Just to have the opportunity to play in the NFL, I think it's the biggest dream come true for me.”
“I don't talk smack because I feel like it's a waste of energy.”
“Football came in at an interesting time. My dad passed, and my brother was one year older than me. And so he was basically the man of the house - at like age 12. So I really just started doing whatever he did, and football was his thing, so I got into football.”
“In high school, you can just go out there and play. In the NFL it was so much more mental.”
“I remember players talking to Willie Brown in my presence. Receivers asking, 'Is this who you drafted? I can't believe this is who you drafted.' I was hearing it from my defensive backs: 'Man, you got a long way to go.'”
“The leadership qualities that you have to have to be a producer on a film is something I learned being a captain on the team.”
“Something clicked, and I was like, 'I gotta be prepared. This could end at any time.' That was my second year in the league. From that point on I started doing broadcasting and things like that in an attempt to find my passion - something I could do after football.”
“Even when we were little, we were always helping, going to feed the homeless, community drives, that type of stuff.”
“As far as producing, I was thrown into it on a film called Beasts of No Nation when we were in Ghana three months after I retired.”
“I've had a chip on my shoulder every year that I've played.”
“I'm a class clown.”
“You kind of have to be secretive about what you're doing post-football because if you're really outward and everyone knows about it while you're playing football then the rap on you is, 'Oh, you don't care about the game.'”
“I was really close with Rob Ryan, so I know that Rex, being his twin, would be very similar to him.”
“It can be a bit sententious in the Nigerian household, to the point where you feel like with any wrong step you've set yourself back so far. It's like everything has to be done right.”
“When you're playing to get into the playoffs, your contract is the last thing on your mind.”
“I've never gone into a season thinking I didn't have something to prove.”
“You become a family when you're on a football team. It's the ultimate team sport, so you have no choice but to feel like family, and that never leaves you.”