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“Kicking is a weird thing. You can go stretches and stretches of just doing really good, then you could have one or two kicks that can derail you. You've just got to learn to ride the wave.”
“In New England we get awful weather and it's cold. You definitely appreciate the times where you aren't freezing your butt off, because we are always outside practicing and playing. It's nice to not have to bundle up to play.”
“I don't ever want to get too high or too low.”
“I really enjoy charity work and helping people.”
“The thing that kept me from going to the next level was, I really didn't have an out-pitch. My story in baseball could have been a lot different if that's all I focused on.”
“You lose weeks of sleep over a bad game, and a bad game could be one missed kick. So the ones you make, you just try to build on the confidence with it, and the ones you miss, you try to get it out of your head as quickly as possible and try to make the next one.”
“I admire every kicker in the NFL. I know how hard it is to be successful on a week-in-week-out basis.”
“I think a pitcher in baseball is the most relatable position to a specialist in football, because you get a limited opportunity to prove your worth to the team.”
“The older you get, you might think you have it all figured out, but you are never too old to work on fundamentals. You can't take anything for granted in this business.”
“You're one kick away from being Public Enemy No. 1. You're always one kick away from trending on Twitter as the No. 1 loser in America.”
“There's only so much you can talk about football. Anytime you can get into a conversation that's not political, it's a welcome change.”
“The way the field feels like before the game isn't like what the field is during the game.”
“I'm upset when I miss.”
“You never want to leave points out on the field, especially in a game when you know it is going to be close.”
“Sometimes things just pop up right in front of your face and you have to take advantage of it.”
“To take an hour or two per day while the kids are in school to read really isn't that tough to do once you get into the routine of it.”
“I personally love kicking off. It gives me another chance to get on the field.”
“You're only as good as your last kick.”
“A lot of times guys have the tendency to try to kick it too hard or over-kick it. Just like a golf swing, the harder you try to hit it the less chance you have at it going straight.”
“I threw a good fastball and changeup, but a below-average curveball.”