Stephen Gostkowski

“There are a lot of reasons why guys can miss - it isn't always just black and white - but you just have to learn to move on from it. That's just the approach I take. I've missed plenty of kicks before.”

“Kicking is like a love-hate relationship. When it's going good it's really good. When it's bad, it's really tough. You just have to find the fine line between not getting too high or too low.”

“We play a game for a living.”

“I prefer New York style pizza.”

“I bleed blue. I love being a Tiger and love being back here in Memphis.”

“You do something, the same thing over and over again for a long time, you're gonna feel like crap.”

“I'll try to play as long as I can stay healthy.”

“Pitching, if you have a bad start, a lot of the blame is put on you and then you have to sit around and think about it all week. And the same thing with kicking. You either make it or miss and no one is going to make excuses for you. The mentalities of the two are very comparable.”

“There might not be kicking in the NFL by the time I get to 45.”

“I've missed before in college and high school. If you miss, you figure out what went wrong and kick the next one.”

“I think my experience playing multiple sports kind of helps deal with a little bit of a bind.”

“I had a problem of not eating well when I was young. My parents always used to try to stress on me about eating well.”

“There was a time where I was such a perfectionist even if I made the kick, but that's no way to live. I can tell you what, that will drive you crazy. I'm very hard on myself, but if the ball goes in a little bit left of the middle, you're not going to hear me crying about it.”

“In a sport like baseball, you strike out or get embarrassed, you turn the page.”

“We all know someone who has been affected by cancer.”

“I'm not really into reality shows. 'Nip Tuck' is my favorite TV show.”

“If you are a reliever, you get one inning per game or if you are a starter you get one game per week. There is a lot of buildup for a little bit of work compared to the guys who play every down or play every day in baseball.”

“I've said this before, any accomplishment that I make will be something that I will look back on when I'm done playing and be excited about and probably brag to my kids and grandkids about.”

“The hardest thing about kicking a kick at the end of the game or end of the half is not letting your excitement get the best of you.”

“I've always been able to move on and contain. I get mad, I get frustrated. No one gets more upset when they miss a kick than I do. But I have to be able to get over it for the sake of the team and my own job.”