Stephen Gostkowski

“As a field goal kicker you can't make your own opportunities.”

“Kicking's kicking. Pressure's pressure. You beat other guys just to get drafted.”

“It doesn't take much to be at the top or the bottom in a position such as mine.”

“Sometimes if you kick too much, it can work in a negative direction. If you get tired or sore, you might develop some bad habits.”

“I'm upset when we lose. It doesn't matter if I make 10 60-yarders in one game if we lose.”

“You're only as good as your opportunities in this game and you're lucky to get some opportunities.”

“I've always had confidence when it comes to athletics. It's sometimes stubborn to a fault.”

“The more I get on the field, the more comfortable I am.”

“As long as I'm out there and getting a chance to play, I expect to do well. No one is harder on themselves than me when I do bad, and I don't plan on changing any time soon.”

“I try to treat every kick the same and I want to make every kick, let alone the kick at the end of the game.”

“I'll watch a highlight tape of my kicks and I'll play a song that I like the night before the game and then I'll sing that song in my head to visually get myself ready and have positive thoughts.”

“Two to four classes each offseason - just trying to chip away. There are times when I think, 'Man, I don't need to be doing this. Why am I doing this to myself?' But to fight through that and come out and make a good grade, it feels worth it. Hopefully something good comes out of it one day.”

“My curveball is a C-.”

“Any time your team has confidence in you, it's cool, but I don't go back. I haven't watched one Super Bowl that we've played in.”

“I have a lot of nicknames. In high school and growing up it was Beaver. In college it was Gotti.”

“If I'm throwing a no-hitter and someone says, 'Hey, you've got a no-hitter,' obviously I'd be like, 'Yeah, I know.' I just try to be humble. I don't like to talk about myself. I have no problem speaking up when I screw up, but if I'm doing good, people are going to notice. I don't need to talk about it.”

“In athletics, I've gone through ups and downs my whole life.”

“Win, lose or draw, I try to stick to the same program that is going to give me the most consistent results.”

“Sometimes there are really severe conditions like super, super wind or crazy wind or something like that that you don't really get to practice for. But it's kind of you just show up and whatever you get in warm-ups, you kind of adjust to it and play as you go.”

“There's nothing wrong with furthering education and working your brain in a different way than you normally work it.”